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FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORTIER 24 PB...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
831 AM CDT TUE APR 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY WEAKEN OVER THE AREA TODAY...BUT A
SUNNY SKY AND A STAGNANT PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO LEAD TO VERY
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY BETWEEN 15 AND 25 PERCENT. TEMPERATURES
WILL WARM SLIGHTLY FROM YESTERDAY...WITH AFTERNOON READINGS
BETWEEN 70 AND 75. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT TODAY. A COOL FRONT
WILL SWING SOUTHWARD TONIGHT...INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS ON
WEDNESDAY. THESE WILL GET UP TO 10 TO POSSIBLY NEAR 15 MPH IN
EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN. LOWER MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO
COME IN BEHIND THE FRONT...BUT SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL
OFFSET THAT...LEADING TO HUMIDITY NEAR 25 TO 30 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 21 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 2 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (800-13500).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8100-9300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 1 TO
                    3 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE NORTHEAST AROUND 2 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     60     64     67     66     61
RH..............48     33     26     21     22     26
20 FT WIND......N 2    NE 2   NE 2   NE 2   N 3    N 3
20 FT WIND GUST.                            5      5
HAINES INDEX....6      5      5      5      6      6

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....40.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...BRAD BOLDUAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100420.FORTI.01/MPX