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SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTURY...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
731 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE WHICH WILL KEEP DRY WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA.
SOUTH TO SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL TURN MORE SOUTHEASTERLY INTO
EARLY AFTERNOON AS MIXING INCREASES. WIND DIRECTION MAY FLUCTUATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND RANGE FROM EAST-SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHEAST WITH SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-46500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (73800-118900) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7400-8600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............57     65     71     74     75     73
RH..............45     34     28     24     23     25
20 FT WIND......SE 6   S 8    S 10   S 11   SE 10  SE 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     20     15     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51.
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (70800-104600) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    GOOD (2000-39500) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 10 TO 18 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-47600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (182900-204300).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7700-8400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 33
                    MPH.

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FORECASTER...BARDOU
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100519.CENTU.01/MPX