FNUS73 KMPX 211302
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ARTICHOKE LAKE...FWS MORRIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
802 AM CDT THU OCT 21 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON OCTOBER 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AT THE BURN SITE TODAY AS THEY WERE
YESTERDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE WORKS ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS SPEEDS WILL BE
FAIRLY CONSISTENT IN THE 5 TO 10 KT RANGE TODAY...WITH PERHAPS A GUST
OR TWO TO 15 KTS THROUGH THE MORNING. DIRECTIONS WILL BE OUT OF THE NW
THROUGH THE MORNING...BUT WILL TREND MORE WESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE SFC RIDGE SLIDES OVERHEAD. VERY DRY AIRMASS BEHIND YESTERDAYS COLD
FRONT WILL ALLOW HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON TO FALL BACK INTO THE 20S...
DESPITE HIGHS ONLY TOPPING OUT AROUND 60. NOTE...FOR 20 FT WINDS...FIRST
NUMBER IS DIRECTION IN DEGREES AND SECOND NUMBER IS SPEED IN KTS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST
                    5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING
                    LIGHT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-39700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 8 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............36     46     56     60     59     53
RH..............64     43     30     26     27     35
20 FT WIND......300 5  290 6  280 6  260 4  230 2  150 2
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

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FORECASTER...GRIESINGER
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101021.ARTIC.01/MPX