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SPOT FORECAST FOR COIL...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
711 AM CDT THU MAY 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...VERY DRY EAST TO SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW TODAY WILL GIVE
AWAY TO INCREASING MOISTURE AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM THE SOUTHERN
PLAINS...AND INTO THE MIDWEST BY LATE TONIGHT. DEEPER MOISTURE FROM
THIS SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE FOR A CHANCE OF RAINFALL ON FRIDAY FOR MAINLY
EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 76.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-50400) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (132300-149700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7800-9100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 17
                    TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     64     70     74     76     75
RH..............59     40     30     25     23     26
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 7    SE 11  SE 12  SE 12  SE 11
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     20     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....5      6      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (134300) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (1300-2400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......8100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....72.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1100-31500) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (41500-76400) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000-7100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 16 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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