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SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHOFFMAN PILES...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
855 AM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON JULY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE INTO THE AREA TODAY. AFTERNOON MINIMUM HUMIDITIES
WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 30S. LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME EASTERLY BY MID
DAY...AND THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED
UNTIL LATE TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-27800).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6400-7800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............64     71     76     77     76     73
RH..............58     47     40     39     40     46
20 FT WIND......NE 5   E 5    E 3    E 4    E 4    SE 4
20 FT WIND GUST.              5      5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....4      4      3      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....59.
MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-26500).

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....83.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-42700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (65800-113200) IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300-6100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 16 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 28 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100712.SCHOF.01/MPX