FNUS73 KMPX 191343 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR KURILLA CENTRAL...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 843 AM CDT MON APR 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY WITH VERY DRY NEAR SURFACE AIR. LIGHT SOUTHERLY FLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HIGH WILL PREVAIL OVER MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN TODAY. WHILE THERE WILL BE MORE CIRRUS TODAY...TEMPERATURES WILL AGAIN BE MILD AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY AGAIN LOW...DROPPING TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. TUESDAY WILL SEE MORE SUNSHINE WITH TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOWER TO MID 70S. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL FALL TO 15 TO 25 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (800-21300). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600-8000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 57 62 65 66 63 RH..............52 35 26 22 22 26 20 FT WIND......E 2 SE 4 SE 4 SE 4 SE 5 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...RICHARDSON REQUESTED BY...AREA WILDLIFE TECHNICIAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100419.KURIL.01/MPX