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SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTURY...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
717 AM CDT TUE MAY 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 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.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-45600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (68800-79200) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8900-10500 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 10 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............70     75     77     76     70     63
RH..............36     28     24     26     33     44
20 FT WIND......SE 6   SE 8   SE 9   SE 8   SE 6   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (29300-70700) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (1100-2500) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 14 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....77.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-30300) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (111100-123600).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7900-8900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 20
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100518.CENTU.03/MPX