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SPOT FORECAST FOR LFR NEW LONDON...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
641 AM CDT THU APR 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL VEER TO THE EAST AND THEN SOUTHEAST
THIS AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY NORTH FROM IOWA.
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING WITH
FURTHER INCREASES TO 14 TO 19 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AS TEMPERATURES
PEAK IN THE LOWER 70S LATE THIS AFTERNOON...MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL
DROP INTO THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE...LEADING TO THE POSSIBILITY
OF SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-42100) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (57200-95500) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-5800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 16 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 21 TO 29 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............45     54     63     69     72     71
RH..............76     54     41     36     34     38
20 FT WIND......NE 9   NE 11  E 14   E 14   E 14   E 12
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     25     25     20
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 20
                    PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (30800-75100) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (3000-12700) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 6 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4100-37400) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (43700-56900) IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100401.LFRNE.01/MPX