FNUS73 KMPX 251241 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR ST CROIX MCMANNUS...MNDNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 741 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CALM 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 AROUND 45 PERCENT BY IGNITION TIME. RAIN WILL MOVE TO OVER THE BURN SITE LATE TONIGHT AND PERSIST MOST OF TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 10 TO 13 MPH BY AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-44200) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (74000-101400) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7300-8100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM SKY (%).........MCR PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 54 58 61 63 65 66 66 65 64 61 RH..............56 46 42 38 35 33 32 32 33 34 38 20 FT WIND DIR..SE ESE ESE E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..6 8 9 10 11 12 11 11 8 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN. CHANCE OF RAIN NEAR 100 PERCENT. RH..................MIN 71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...FRIEDLEIN REQUESTED BY...RUSSELL SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110425.STCRO.01/MPX SKY (%) LEGEND CLR = CLEAR MCR = MOSTLY CLEAR PC = PARTLY CLOUDY MC = MOSTLY CLOUDY CDY = CLOUDY