FNUS73 KMPX 191450
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR VERMILLION HIGHLANDS WMA...MNDNR-WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
950 AM CDT MON APR 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0955 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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 69.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (0-39700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400-8300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 0 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 3
                    TO 9 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............40  45  50  55  59  62  65  67  68  69  69  68
RH..............79  70  56  45  37  31  26  22  20  20  20  22
20 FT WIND DIR..N   NE  E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..0   1   2   4   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT WIND GUST.            5
HAINES INDEX....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   3

$$
FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...TIM PHARIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100419.VERMI.01/MPX


SKY (%) LEGEND
CLR = CLEAR
MCR = MOSTLY CLEAR
PC = PARTLY CLOUDY
MC = MOSTLY CLOUDY
CDY = CLOUDY