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SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTPORT...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
844 AM CDT MON MAY 17 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PERIST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES INTO MINNESOTA TODAY AND
TUESDAY.  LOOK FOR EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS TO BECOME A BIT GUSTY AROUND
NOON. AS WINDS BEGIN TO MIX DOWN EXPECT HUMIDITY TO DROP AND SCATTERED
CUMULUS CLOUDS TO DEVELOP.  WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST
ON TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST 7 TO 10 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (17700-47800) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (67600-97800) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8700-10000 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 12 TO 16 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............61     68     72     74     73     68
RH..............54     42     37     33     38     45
20 FT WIND......SE 4   SE 6   E 8    E 9    E 7    E 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PAULSON
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100517.WESTP.01/MPX