FNUS73 KMPX 021210
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SHERBURNE BLACK LINING...FWS SHERBURNE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
710 AM CDT TUE NOV 2 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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/SOUTHEAST WINDS EARLY...WILL BECOME MORE
SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST BY NOON AND INCREASING TO AROUND 12 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.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 54.
RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-33700).

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............38     45     53     54     53     49
RH..............69     58     51     52     56     66
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 8    S 9    S 11   S 10   S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     20     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      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 39.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2800-4300).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 53.
RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-45700) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (54100-87600) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO FAIR (27400) LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...TAGGART
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT BENGSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101102.SHERB.01/MPX