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SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHNEEWIND WMA D315-19...MN DNR- WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
856 AM CDT TUE MAY 4 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0855 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 DIRECTION 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
BETWEEN 30 AND 35 PERCENT. HIGHER WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 30 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 9 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 (2200-47300) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (69100-109500) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (122000-162600) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (67800) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-3900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    5000-6600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 7200-7800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 5200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2600 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 22
                    TO 31 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE WEST AROUND 35 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............44     51     60     70     72     74
RH..............86     63     51     41     37     33
20 FT WIND......SE 3   SE 8   SE 10  S 10   SW 12  W 14
20 FT WIND GUST.5      15     15     15     20     25
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      4      5      4

.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........68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO
                    10 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (0-30600).

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