FNUS73 KMPX 291102
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SBR BU 40 PINE...FWS, SHERBURNE NWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
602 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.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1400-47000) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (113500-152000).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4600 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    4900-5900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 38 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............42     54     61     65     66     61
RH..............69     50     36     29     29     42
20 FT WIND......S 7    S 12   SE 15  SE 18  SE 18  SE 16
20 FT WIND GUST.10     20     30     30     30     30
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      4      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (39000-86400) DECREASING TO
                    FAIR TO GOOD (29700-36200) AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (27900-77500).
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 23 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...RUSS LANGFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110429.SBRBU.01/MPX