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SPOT FORECAST FOR FLORIDA CREEK...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
616 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.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 11 TO 16 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-32400) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (136800-166100).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7100-8300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 24 TO
                    26 MPH.

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............55     63     69     73     75     74
RH..............61     43     31     26     23     24
20 FT WIND......E 4    E 7    SE 12  SE 14  SE 14  SE 12
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     20     25     25     20
HAINES INDEX....6      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....49.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (143100) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (1700-3500).
MIXING HEIGHT.......7200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 18 TO 26 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 15
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....75.
MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-48100) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (35500-61900) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6800-8000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100520.FLORI.01/MPX