FNUS73 KMPX 181246 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING CREEK SNA...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 746 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.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 76. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST 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 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-36700) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (51800-80800) LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7200-8400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 13 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 66 72 75 76 73 RH..............53 40 30 24 22 27 20 FT WIND......E 3 E 5 E 7 SE 8 SE 7 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 .TONIGHT... MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (9500-58700) DECREASING TO POOR (0-400) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 2 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 0 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 1 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-30000) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (58300-104200) LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8400-10000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 12 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. $$ FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER REQUESTED BY...RUSS SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100518.SPRIN.01/MPX