FNUS73 KMPX 291334
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADSHAW D315-15...DNR WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
834 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND BREEZY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY
THIS AFTERNOON AS LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. GUSTS TO
NEAR 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
INTO THE MID 60S BY AFTERNOON...ALLOWING HUMIDITY TO FALL TO NEAR
30 PERCENT BY THE IGNITION TIME. SHOWERS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE HALF INCH ARE
EXPECTED IN WESTERN TO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE
EXPECTED ON SATURDAY WITH BREEZY AND MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS ON
SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 16 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-46400) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (69500-119300) IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............49     57     62     65     64     58
RH..............58     45     33     30     37     57
20 FT WIND......S 11   S 14   SE 17  SE 18  SE 18  SE 16
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     30     30     30     30
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      6      6

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (27100-76000) DECREASING TO
                    FAIR (23200) EARLY IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...FRANKS
REQUESTED BY...TIM KOPPELMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110429.BRADS.01/MPX