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SPOT FORECAST FOR LFR BLACKLINING...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
642 AM CDT WED MAR 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A DRY COLD FRONT ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
SPOT FORECAST AREA BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11 AM. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
TURN WESTERLY WITH FRONTAL PASSAGE. SOME GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.
RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE TO BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE TEMPERATURE WARMS INTO THE LOWER 70S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (16600-66100) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (61000-84100) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500-6100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............54     60     66     70     72     71
RH..............61     51     42     36     34     34
20 FT WIND......SW 10  W 11   W 10   W 10   NW 10  NW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....4      5      4      4      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2100-51300).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-48800) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (54000-101300) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-3700 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    4500-5900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    3100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 16 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 22
                    TO 28 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HILTBRAND
REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100331.LFRBL.01/MPX