FNUS73 KMPX 161305
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR D-33-10...CAMP RIPLEY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
805 AM CDT SUN MAY 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LARGE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA
THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  A VEIL OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL EXTEND
ACROSS THE AREA TODAY.  A FEW CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP AROUND
NOON. AS THE INVERSION DISSIPATES WINDS WILL BECOME MAINLY SOUTHEAST
WITH A FEW GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH.  MIXING OF DRIER AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY TO DIP BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS
WILL BECOME LIGHT THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (14400-42400) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (77500-120500) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8100-9200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 9 TO 17 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....NONE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE  NONE NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............57     64     68     71     72     70
RH..............55     43     36     29     29     33
20 FT WIND......SW 3   S 3    SE 6   SE 8   S 5    S 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     15     10     5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....47.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (38400-77900) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO FAIR (400-15000) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 2 TO
                    3 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...PAULSON
REQUESTED BY...DAVID SIMPSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100516.D3310.01/MPX