FNUS73 KMPX 151419 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BEN WADE...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 919 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 CDT ON MAY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SUNNY CONDITIONS TODAY WITH LIGHT SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 8 TO 12 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE MID 70S. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 74. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1100-51900) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (71500-106900) LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9600-10800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 56 63 70 73 74 RH..............80 57 43 33 30 29 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 5 S 6 S 10 S 10 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53. MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71. MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...BARDOU REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100515.BENWA.01/MPX