FNUS73 KMPX 251324 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR SYNDICATE LUND...FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 824 AM CDT MON APR 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 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 40 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.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1100-40300) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (68400-81200) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7100-8300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 6 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 60 63 62 58 54 RH..............43 39 36 41 47 54 20 FT WIND......SE 6 E 6 E 7 E 7 E 6 E 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (21300-65900) DECREASING TO POOR (1700-9400) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49. RH..................MIN 71 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (12900-43900) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (64400-86400) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400-4600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 23 TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110425.SYNDI.01/MPX