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SPOT FORECAST FOR LFR SPERRY LAKE...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
829 AM CDT THU APR 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL VEER TO THE EAST NEAR THE BURN AREA
BY AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT PUSHES SLOWLY NORTH FROM IOWA. WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH SHORTLY WITH FURTHER INCREASES TO 14 TO 19
MPH BY IGNITION TIME. 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.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-43600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (60200-90400) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-5800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 16 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 29 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............60     66     71     72     67     63
RH..............42     39     36     37     46     55
20 FT WIND......E 12   E 14   E 12   E 10   E 9    SE 9
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     20     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (46100-74800) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO FAIR (2800-19200) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1200 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 28 TO 31 MPH BECOMING SOUTH 15 TO 21 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY THROUGH THE
                    DAY. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 6 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3900-52700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4500 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 16 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 13 TO 14 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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