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SPOT FORECAST FOR PEIFER SCHOOL...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
725 AM CDT TUE APR 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE MORNING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-48400).

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............42     49     55     60     62     61
RH..............54     38     30     23     20     20
20 FT WIND......NE 6   NE 6   NE 5   E 3    E 3    E 3
20 FT WIND GUST.                     5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      5      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41.
MAX HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2200-18100).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....67.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2600-36700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (114600-136500).

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FORECASTER...HULTQUIST
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100427.PEIFE.01/MPX