FNUS73 KMPX 121150
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR KIESTER...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
650 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH
                    6 TO 11 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-47200) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (64200-68600) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200-7900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 15
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............46     56     64     69     70     67
RH..............63     43     29     25     23     25
20 FT WIND......SW 5   SW 7   SW 10  S 10   S 8    S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....3      4      5      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (25200-64300) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (1300-3500) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1900 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

$$
FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...ERIC EARHART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110412.KIEST.01/MPX