FNUS73 KMPX 151424 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR VERLYN MARTH SNA...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 924 AM CDT SAT MAY 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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 BY THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE MID 70S. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 74. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-33700) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (58400-98500) LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 9100-10900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 67 72 74 73 69 RH..............47 40 34 30 31 36 20 FT WIND......S 4 S 8 S 11 S 9 S 5 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 15 20 15 5 HAINES INDEX....6 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (17800-59400) DECREASING TO POOR (200-1300) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......9800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 1 TO 8 MPH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....71. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6 OR OR MODERATE TO OR HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-47800) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (67200-106300) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6800-8200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 17 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...BARDOU REQUESTED BY...ERIK ANTHONISEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100515.VERLY.01/MPX