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SPOT FORECAST FOR REED CANARY PLOTS...USFWS - MN VALLEY N.W.R.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
608 AM CDT TUE NOV 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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. EAST/SOUTHEAST WINDS EARLY...WILL BECOME MORE SOUTH TO
SOUTHWEST BY NOON AND INCREASING TO AROUND 10 KNOTS AS THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES CLOSER TO THE REGION. THIS FRONT
WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT AND SHIFT
THE WINDS TO THE NORTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-44600).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............41     49     53     54     49     46
RH..............66     56     52     50     59     65
20 FT WIND......S 7    S 9    S 10   S 10   S 8    S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     15     10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41.
RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600-8600).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56.
RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (6300-52600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (82500-118100) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT
                    (30300-60500) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...TAGGART
REQUESTED BY...JAMI MARKLE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101102.REEDC.01/MPX