FNUS73 KMPX 082258 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING CREEK PRAIRIE...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 558 PM CDT SAT MAY 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS REGION SUNDAY...WITH LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST LESS THAN 10 MPH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 28 PERCENT WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE UPPER 50S BY LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-40200). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400-8300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............45 51 56 58 57 54 RH..............45 33 25 23 28 35 20 FT WIND......SW 1 S 2 S 4 S 4 SE 3 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 4 4 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....57. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2600-44100) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (135300-154900). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300-6500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 14 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 32 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...WFO MPX REQUESTED BY...ELLEN FUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100509.SPRIN.01/MPX