FNUS73 KMPX 091507
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ANDERSON...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1007 AM CDT SUN MAY 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE OFF TO THE EAST TODAY. LIGHT WINDS
WILL BECOME EAST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY. SOME HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE MORNING.  DRY AIR ABOVE THE GROUND WILL MIX
DOWN DURING THE DAY WITH HUMIDITY BOTTOMING OUT BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON.  RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
PERSIST THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY. ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH IS LIKELY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-46300) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (57000-87400) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5600-6900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 17 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............47     50     54     55     54     51
RH..............49     46     41     41     45     52
20 FT WIND......SE 7   SE 9   SE 10  SE 11  SE 10  SE 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     20     15     15
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (68800-96500) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    GOOD (3300-39900) EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 90 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....50.
MIN HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (8600-57200) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (73200-102400) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-3700 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 15 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 36 TO 37
                    MPH.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100509.ANDER.01/MPX