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SPOT FORECAST FOR SMITH WEST...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
557 AM CDT TUE APR 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 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.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-32500).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8100-8700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 2
                    TO 3 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............60     64     65     63     57     52
RH..............28     23     23     23     31     43
20 FT WIND......SE 4   SE 4   SE 4   SE 5   SE 5   SE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5                    10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....43.
MAX HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....69.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100427.SMITH.01/MPX