FNUS73 KMPX 081321
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ORROCK PILES...FWS SHERBURNE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
721 AM CST WED DEC 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0725 CST ON DECEMBER 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH ACROSS THE SITE THIS MORNING
WITH SOME CLOUDS AND FLURRIES OCCURRING. LIGHT WINDS WILL BECOME
NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........1 AT IGNITION...MAX 12.
RH..................100 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (800-11200).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 3 TO 12 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 2 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............-2     5      10     12     8      4
RH..............100    83     76     73     87     100
20 FT WIND......N 2    N 4    N 4    N 2    N 1    E 1
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      5
HAINES INDEX....3      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW
                    LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SNOW 70
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 7.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1100-16300).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY. CHANCE OF SNOW 70
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 28.
RH..................MIN 74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10000-44300).
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 21 TO 28 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HILTBRAND
REQUESTED BY...ERIC JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20101208.ORROC.01/MPX