FNUS73 KMPX 061416
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR KAERCHER HILLSIDE...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
916 AM CDT THU MAY 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THE RAIN CHANCES MAY BE DELAYED UNTIL LATER AFTERNOON BUT OVERCAST
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL. OTHERWISE...BIG HIGHLIGHTS FOR FIRE
WEATHER WILL BE WIDESPREAD PRECIP EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING AND AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. A
STRONG LOW IS DEVELOPING OVER COLORADO THIS MORNING AND WILL HEAD
NE INTO MI BY WED MORNING. THIS WILL SPREAD PRECIP INTO WRN MN
BEGINNING LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PRECIP TOTALS WILL LIKELY RANGE
FROM AROUND 0.5 INCH IN SW MN WITH 0.75 TO 1.00 INCH ACROSS THE
REST OF THE PLANNING AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    RAIN LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 60 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 51.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST
                    5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4100-30400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-3900 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 10 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............42     43     46     49     51     49
RH..............82     76     65     58     56     61
20 FT WIND......N 3    NE 5   E 6    E 7    E 7    E 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....2      3      4      4      4      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....39.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (15700-43600).
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-3100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 20
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY. CHANCE OF RAIN 70
                    PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....45.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10000-55700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (73100-118400) EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4700 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 30
                    TO 33 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...JACOB BEAUREGARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100506.KAERC.01/MPX