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SPOT FORECAST FOR NELSON LAKE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
622 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.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 6 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 (1300-45900) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (68600-81200) IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............59     67     73     76     77     74
RH..............55     40     31     27     25     29
20 FT WIND......E 4    E 5    SE 7   SE 9   SE 9   SE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (33700-71100) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (1500-3000) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-36600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (104500-114600).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8100-8600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 17
                    TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100518.NELSO.01/MPX