FNUS73 KMPX 291301
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR RIVER TERRACE...MNDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
801 AM CDT FRI APR 29 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
BREEZY SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON AS
LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH
THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID 60S BY
AFTERNOON...ALLOWING HUMIDITY TO FALL TO NEAR 28 PERCENT.
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.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
RH..................48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2100-41700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (98600-120300).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900-5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 33 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............43     53     60     64     65     60
RH..............70     48     36     29     30     46
20 FT WIND......S 7    S 11   SE 14  SE 16  SE 16  SE 15
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     25     30     30     30
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      5      5      6

.TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3700 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 32 TO 40 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 23
                    TO 30 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...RUSSELL SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110429.RIVER.01/MPX