FNUS73 KMPX 091005 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR SBR BU 34...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 505 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 WESTERN 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 25 PERCENT...DESPITE THE WEAK MOISTURE RETURN OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT. FOR WINDS...THE CALM WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL QUICKLY GIVE WAY TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AFTER SUNRISE. THE DIRECTIONS WILL BE AROUND 150 DEGREES AT IGNITION TIME AND WILL TURN TO CLOSER TO 180 DEGREES IN THE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE DAY AS WELL WITH SUSTAINED WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 10 MPH 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.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 62. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-50200) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (63400-81800) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400-6300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............31 47 56 60 61 61 RH..............69 37 27 24 25 26 20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 4 SE 5 S 6 S 8 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 10 15 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....39. MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (43400-73700) DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (1800-18000) EARLY IN THE EVENING. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-17600) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (105000-111500). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7800-9000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO WEST 10 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. $$ FORECASTER...GRIESINGER REQUESTED BY...RUSS LANGFORD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100409.SBRBU.01/MPX