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SPOT FORECAST FOR SCHOFFMAN PILES...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
749 AM CDT WED JUL 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON JULY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL STEADILY INCREASE OVER THE BURN SITE THIS MORNING.
SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 12 MPH BY LATE MORNING WITH SPORADIC HIGHER
GUSTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AS MIXING ENSUES. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE IN ON
THE NORTHWEST WINDS WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITY IN THE 40 TO 45 PERCENT
RANGE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING BEFORE
RETURN SOUTHERLY FLOW ESTABLISHES ITSELF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 81.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH NORTHWEST AT 11 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (7800-55000) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (64000-82000) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5600-7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 15 TO 17 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............68     73     78     80     81     78
RH..............75     62     50     47     44     48
20 FT WIND......NNW 9  NNW 10 NW 10  NW 10  NW 9   NW 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....3      3      2      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (17800-65900) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (400-1700) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 2
                    TO 3 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-37700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4600 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 13 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100728.SCHOF.01/MPX