FNUS73 KMPX 011347
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTPORT...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
847 AM CDT THU APR 1 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN
SOUTHEAST DURING THE EVENING. SPEEDS WILL AVERAGE IN THE 15 TO 20
MPH RANGE. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE 70S WITH SOME NEAR 80
DEGREE READINGS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. THE RESULTING AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL REACH THE 30 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE. THIS WILL RESULT IN
THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. SHOWERS WILL
DEVELOP ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS MINNESOTA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A HALF
INCH TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3900-43500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (68300-104400) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300-5700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 21 TO 28 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 32 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............51     58     64     67     68     63
RH..............43     38     35     34     37     46
20 FT WIND......E 11   E 14   E 14   E 14   E 12   E 11
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     25     25     20     20
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....56.
MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100401.WESTP.01/MPX