FNUS73 KMPX 251334
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR VERMILLION HIGHLANDS...MN DNR-WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
834 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 NEAR 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 64.
RH..................38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 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 (300-43100) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (67400-93200) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6300-7300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 1 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............54     60     63     64     62     56
RH..............45     38     35     34     36     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

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...TIM PHARIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110425.VERMI.01/MPX