FNUS73 KMPX 091328 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR EDWARDS NORTH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 728 AM CST MON NOV 9 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON NOVEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE SITUATED ACROSS NEBRASKA AND SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WILL SLIDE EAST DURING THE DAY...CENTERING ITSELF OVER SOUTHERN MN BY THE EARLY EVENING. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO REINFORCE THE MILD AND DRY AIRMASS ALREADY IN PLACE...SO LOOK FOR AN UNSEASONABLY WARM DAY WITH RHS DIPPING DOWN INTO THE 30S. THIS HIGH WILL RESULT IN LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS MOST OF THE DAY...BUT IN GENERAL WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 8 MPH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 54. RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2200-21700). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1000-2500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 52 54 48 42 38 RH..............55 43 36 44 53 64 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 5 W 5 W 5 S 4 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29. RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (700-2000). MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 10 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57. RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-49600) INCREASING TO FAIR TO EXCELLENT (24800-70800) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO POOR (7100) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1400-3300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 29 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...GRIESINGER REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091109.EDWAR.01/MPX