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SPOT FORECAST FOR KOCH MEADOWS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
818 AM CDT TUE APR 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE WESTERN
GREAT LAKES...AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST THROUGH TONIGHT.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO DEEPEN ACROSS THE
ROCKIES...AND INTO THE PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY. THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST WILL STRENGTHEN CAUSING
GUSTY WINDS TO DEVELOP BY WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE
STRENGTHENING PRESSURE GRADIENT AND GUSTY WINDS...HUMIDITY
LEVELS WILL REMAIN LOW AS THE DRY CANADIAN AIR MASS SLOWLY
RETREATS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-28100).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............51     58     63     64     65     61
RH..............54     33     27     25     24     28
20 FT WIND......SE 4   S 5    S 5    SE 4   SE 5   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5                    5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2400-34300).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.

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FORECASTER...HULTQUIST
REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100427.KOCHM.01/MPX