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SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST LOTTHAMMER...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
817 AM CDT WED MAY 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH LATE MORNING AS MIXING DEEPENS. SPEEDS WILL
RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SOME GUSTS TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........70 AT IGNITION...MAX 76.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 22 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 11 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-42800) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (127500-136700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600-8300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 22
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............65     70     74     76     75     70
RH..............34     27     23     22     23     29
20 FT WIND......SE 7   SE 10  SE 12  SE 12  SE 11  SE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     20     20     20     15
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (66600-112500) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    FAIR (1300-29900) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......8100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 7 TO
                    8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....74.
MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 13 TO 18 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-43700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (177900-179300).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900-7400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 31 TO 32
                    MPH.

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FORECASTER...BARDOU
REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100519.WESTL.01/MPX