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SPOT FORECAST FOR HANTEN...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
625 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL APPROACH THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE
TONIGHT...AND MOVE ACROSS THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND BEHIND THIS FRONT
STARTING LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ALONG THE IOWA BORDER. AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON
THURSDAY AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE MIDWEST THROUGH SATURDAY.
PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD NORTHWARD ALONG THE IOWA
BORDER ON THURSDAY...AND THEN MOVE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ON FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 68.
RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-45900) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (71600-91100) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6300-8100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............38     48     58     65     68     66
RH..............79     60     40     30     28     27
20 FT WIND......S 4    S 6    SW 9   SW 10  S 9    S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52.
RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (12000-58700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-5300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 15 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 14 TO 15 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...RX FIRE SPLST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110412.HANTE.01/MPX