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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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. SPEEDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME
GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-36800) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (100000-115100).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8200-8800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 18 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............55     63     69     73     75     74
RH..............51     36     28     25     23     24
20 FT WIND......SE 5   S 8    S 9    S 10   S 10   SE 9
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     19     18     15
HAINES INDEX....6      6      5      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....51.
MAX HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (65200-96300) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    GOOD (1700-34100) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......7900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 9 TO 16 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 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 (2200-39800) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (164500-190300).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8000-8400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 31
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BARDOU
REQUESTED BY...TROY BOSCHEE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100519.ORANG.01/MPX