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SPOT FORECAST FOR B-1-4...CAMP RIPLEY/DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
749 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES INTO MINNESOTA THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK.  THIS WILL CONTINUE THE
WARM AND DRY DAYS AND COOL TO MILD NIGHTS TO THE REGION. WINDS MAY
BE A BIT GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOONS AS WINDS FROM ALOFT MIX DOWN...BUT
NO SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENTS ARE ANTICIPATED UNTIL PERHAPS SATURDAY AS THE
UPPER RIDGE BREAKS DOWN BRINGING IN A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE
DAKOTAS.  THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FRIDAY AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS
THE CENTRAL U.S. OTHERWISE THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION
WILL ARRIVE LATE IN THE WEEKEND.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (300-40100) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (63500-70700) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8100-10000 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 1 TO 10 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     66     72     76     77     74
RH..............51     38     30     25     24     28
20 FT WIND......SE 2   SE 5   SE 7   SE 8   SE 7   SE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.              10     15     10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....44.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (19400-60200) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (500-1600) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 2 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...TIM NOTCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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