FNUS73 KMPX 251350
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADSHAW D315-10...DNR WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
850 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 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.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (700-41600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (65700-95800) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200-7000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5
                    TO 14 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............53     59     62     63     61     56
RH..............50     42     37     35     38     47
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 7    E 7    E 7    E 7    E 7
20 FT WIND GUST.       15     15     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN
                    LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 70
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (62100-94300) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    GOOD (3400-31100) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-6100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-2200 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 18 TO 25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...TIM KOPPELMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110425.BRADS.01/MPX