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SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHOFFMAN BURN PILES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
735 AM CDT WED JUN 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON JUNE 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE NEAR THE MINNESOTA -
WISCONSIN BORDER SLIDES TO EASTERN WISCONSIN ALLOWING SOUTH WINDS
TO DEVELOP.  ON THURSDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND LOOK FOR TEMPERATURES
WELL INTO THE 80S ACROSS THE AREA.  WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY
THIS AFTERNOON IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH QUITE GUSTY SOUTH
WINDS ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.  SCATTERED
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY WITH
PRECIPITATION SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 18
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-43800) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (57800-85500) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3800 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO 22 TO 30 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............61     68     74     78     80     79
RH..............65     54     46     42     41     43
20 FT WIND......SE 5   SE 8   SE 10  SE 12  SE 14  SE 16
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     20     25     30
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....62.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (38100-85300) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO FAIR (4100-14600) IN THE LATE EVENING
                    AND OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....87.
MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6 OR OR MODERATE TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (14400-55500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (66200-101500) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3800 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 30 TO 36 MPH.

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