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FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LITCHFIELD...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
735 AM CDT WED OCT 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON OCTOBER 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOSTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS TODAY WITH A WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND
INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER 10 AM. A FEW GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH
POSSIBLE. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING THROUGH THE LOWER 60S AND
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO NEAR 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2500-39300) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (78300-124000) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (83100-131200) IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    GOOD (42900) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7500-7900 FT
                    AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5300
                    FT AGL DECREASING TO 3100 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 23
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............45     53     59     63     62     55
RH..............62     46     37     32     33     45
20 FT WIND......W 7    W 10   NW 12  NW 12  NW 10  NW 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     20     20     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300-10600).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-36500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (73000-116800) EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (159900) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (108700) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO GOOD (56600).

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...USFWS LITCHFIELD WMD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101013.LITCH.01/MPX