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FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR AHRNDT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
733 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION... RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL
MINNESOTA TODAY. SURFACE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN MORE SOUTHWEST TO
SOUTH DURING THE DAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE WILL WEAKEN TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE BEGINS TO LIFT OUT OF COLORADO INTO IOWA.
MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WELL AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA WILL
SPREAD INTO THE BURN AREA DURING THE DAY.  SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN
SHOWERS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........THICKENING CLOUDS.
                    TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 58.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH
                    UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON BECOMING LIGHT SOUTH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-50900) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (38700-54400) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300-7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 9 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 8
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............40     47     54     57     58     56
RH..............76     58     45     40     37     42
20 FT WIND......SW 5   SW 6   SW 6   S 4    SE 3   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     5      5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.

$$
FORECASTER...PAULSON
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100405.AHRND.01/MPX


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