FNUS73 KMPX 121454 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR SPARTINA WMA...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 954 AM CDT MON APR 12 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AT 940 AM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO MANKATO. THEY WERE MOVING GENERALLY SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RAIN UNTIL 1300 SHOULD REMAIN TO YOUR SOUTH. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAY AFFECT YOUR AREA AFTER ABOUT 1400. SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY BY NOON WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY STILL DIP TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT EARLY AFTERNOON WITH HUMIDITY PROBABLY RISING LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OR AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM AFTER 1400. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (20000 - 40000). MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL MID AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............57 64 65 63 60 58 RH..............37 29 35 43 48 55 20 FT WIND......SE 9 SE 12 SE 12 SE 10 SE 9 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 18 19 17 12 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...PAULSON REQUESTED BY...TIM KOPPELMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100412.SPART.01/MPX