FNUS73 KMPX 211255 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BAHR...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 755 AM CDT FRI MAY 21 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...LIGHT RAIN OR SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD OUT OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY REACHING CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN SHOULD NOT MAKE IT TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...BUT MAY TURN AND BE OUT OF THE SOUTH BY NOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 76. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION... OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-44900) AT 9 AM INCREASING TO FAIR TO EXCELLENT (28800-69600) BY 1 PM. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL AT 9 AM INCREASING TO 8000-9000 FT AGL BY 1 PM. MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 64 68 72 76 75 RH..............62 56 49 42 39 40 20 FT WIND......SE 3 SE 5 SSE 5 SE 6 SE 7 SE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 15 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....55. MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....81. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...KRAUSE REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100521.BAHR_.01/MPX