FNUS73 KMPX 021220 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR PHIL MILLETTE...FWS MORRIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 720 AM CDT TUE NOV 2 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON NOVEMBER 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT WAS CENTERED ACROSS THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST TODAY...WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING INTO FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 8 KNOTS EARLY...WILL BECOME MORE SOUTH/SOUTHWEST BY NOON AND INCREASING TO AROUND 14 KNOTS AS THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING AND SHIFT THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 54. RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2200-29300). TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............41 49 53 54 51 49 RH..............65 55 53 56 67 74 20 FT WIND......S 8 S 10 S 11 S 12 S 9 SW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 15 10 HAINES INDEX....5 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36. RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50. RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...TAGGART REQUESTED BY...PHIL MILLETTE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101102.PHILM.01/MPX