FNUS73 KMPX 021302 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR REED CANARY PLOTS...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 702 AM CST MON NOV 2 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON NOVEMBER 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A MORNING LULL IN WIND SPEEDS WILL GIVE WAY TO BREEZY CONDITIONS STARTING BY LATE MORNING AS MIXING DEVELOPS. WINDS CURRENTLY FROM THE WEST AT 4 TO 7 MPH WILL TURN BACK WEST-NORTHWEST AS MIXING INCREASES WITH DIRECTION EXPECTED TO BE PRIMARILY IN THE 290 TO 310 DEGREE RANGE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 14 AND 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH AT TIMES. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR. WINDS WILL DECREASE WITH SUNSET AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WINDS THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN WEST-NORTHWEST THEN BECOME LIGHT BEFORE SHIFTING WEST THEN SOUTH BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY WITH SPEEDS OF 3 TO 5 MPH OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 49. RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST-NORTHWEST AT 12-14 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (17500-56900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (32600-81400) IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (10300-21100) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-4300 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 600-1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 22 TO 25 MPH. TIME (CST) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............35 38 41 44 46 48 49 49 47 43 40 38 RH..............89 76 65 57 51 47 44 44 45 53 59 64 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..12 14 14 14 14 14 14 12 10 9 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 15 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 25. RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (800-8700). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........WEST 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...BARDOU REQUESTED BY...LEE NELSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091102.REEDC.01/MPX SKY (%) LEGEND CLR = CLEAR MCR = MOSTLY CLEAR PC = PARTLY CLOUDY MC = MOSTLY CLOUDY CDY = CLOUDY