FNUS73 KMPX 101415 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR PFS...FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 815 AM CST TUE NOV 10 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON NOVEMBER 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A PACIFIC HIGH EXITS TO THE EAST OF THE AREA. A SOUTHERLY WIND WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH DEVELOP OVER THE DAKOTAS. CLOUDS AND THE THREAT OF LIGHT RAIN WILL INCREASE LATER THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SOMEWHAT COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 59. RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1000-39900). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-3300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 2900-4300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 300-1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............35 48 56 59 53 47 RH..............73 46 35 32 39 49 20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 4 SE 5 SE 5 SE 4 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1700-3000). MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH. .VETERANS DAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54. RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-49400) INCREASING TO FAIR TO GOOD (18300-59400) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO POOR (3800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1100-2700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 16 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 31 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...RICHARDSON REQUESTED BY...JOEL KEMM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091110.PFS__.01/MPX