FNUS73 KMPX 091420 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR RX BURN MILLE LACS2...BIA/MN AGENCY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 920 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT MOVING ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS WILL BE THE MAIN WEATHER CONCERN TODAY AS IT MOVES INTO WESTERN MN THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE IS LIMITED WITH THIS FRONT...SO ONLY A SLIGHT INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HIGHS GETTING INTO THE LOW 60S...AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND 23 PERCENT...DESPITE THE WEAK MOISTURE RETURN OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. FOR WINDS...THE SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 7 TO 12 MPH FOR THE DAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH. THE FRONT AND ITS ATTENDANT WIND SHIFT TO THE WNW IS NOT EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 60. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (800-49600) INCREASING TO FAIR TO GOOD (25000-59200) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4300 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............35 41 50 56 60 59 RH..............52 48 31 24 23 25 20 FT WIND......SE 4 SE 7 SE 9 SE 10 SE 11 SE 11 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 20 20 HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 6 5 4 $$ FORECASTER...WFO MPX REQUESTED BY...BURN BOSS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100409.RXBUR.02/MPX