FNUS73 KMPX 251317
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR 37 38 39A BLACKLINING...FWS -SBR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
817 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0835 CDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM THE
EAST SOUTHEAST AND THEN NEAR DUE EAST BY IGNITION TIME. THESE WILL
REMAIN FROM THE EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SURFACE SPEEDS WILL
REACH UP TO 10 TO 15 MPH. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE RAPIDLY THIS
MORNING...WITH HUMIDITY DROPPING TO BELOW 45 PERCENT BY IGNITION
TIME. RAIN WILL MOVE TO OVER THE BURN SITE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND
PERSIST MOST OF TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (400-24800) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (52600-86400) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7200-8300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 7 TO 15
                    MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............35     46     52     59     63     64
RH..............80     55     44     34     30     29
20 FT WIND......E 1    E 3    SE 4   E 5    E 5    E 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      5      10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (56000-86100) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO FAIR (2500-27200) EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 45.
RH..................MIN 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4200-50500).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 22 TO 29 MPH INCREASING TO 32 TO 37
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT BENGSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110425.37383.01/MPX