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FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LEE SEED...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
944 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY ACROSS WRN NODAK WILL MOVE N INTO
CANADA TODAY. A COOL FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA AND
WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THAT AREA TODAY...CAUSING MORE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD INCREASE IN COVERAGE
TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL WAVE SWEEPS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA.
ALTHOUGH EASTERN AREAS WILL SEE THUNDERSTORM CHANCES TODAY...IN
WRN MN DRIER AIR HAS ALREADY FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE STATE AND BY
THE AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES LOOK TO BE DOWN IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT
RANGE.
.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........77 AT IGNITION...MAX 81.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10400-59600)
                    INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (62600-104000) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-5700 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 17 TO 24 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............72     77     80     81     77     70
RH..............42     32     28     27     33     45
20 FT WIND......SW 10  SW 10  SW 8   SW 8   W 6    W 6
20 FT WIND GUST.14     14     15     15     10     10
HAINES INDEX....6      6      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55.
MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (11700-52000) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (1300-2900) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300-4800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1800 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 7 TO 16 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3400-24400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400-7500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 2 TO 7
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...JACOB BEAUREGARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100525.LEESE.01/MPX