FNUS73 KMPX 041348
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR RAVEN WMA D315-03...MN DNR- WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
848 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY AND INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH BY
LATE MORNING AHEAD OF A STRONG FRONT THAT IS APPROACHING FROM THE DAKOTAS.
WINDS WILL THEN VEER TO SOUTHWESTERLY IN DIRECTIOON AS THE FRONT NEARS
THIS AFTERNOON...AND INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH
WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...ARE
EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY
EVENING. FOR THIS AFTERNOON...MINIMUM HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE
AROUND 30 PERCENT. HIGHER WIND GUSTS AREA EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 30 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 76.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 12 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-43900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (59700-80900) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (166600-197600) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO
                    78500 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-6200 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7500-8700 FT AGL EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2900 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 23
                    TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 33 TO 36 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............53     62     72     74     76     73
RH..............60     48     38     34     31     31
20 FT WIND......SE 8   S 11   S 12   SW 14  W 15   W 15
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     25     25     25
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      5      4      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    LATE IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 11 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (0-33500).

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...TIM KOPPELMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100504.RAVEN.01/MPX