FNUS73 KMPX 291238
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR WARSAW 7...MNDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
738 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 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 30 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 64.
RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-45000) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (63400-108200) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 16 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 36
                    TO 38 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     59     63     64     59
RH..............70     50     39     31     32     47
20 FT WIND......S 9    S 11   SE 14  SE 16  SE 16  SE 16
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     30     30     30
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      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 51.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30
                    MPH.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
RH..................MIN 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4100 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 30 TO 39 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 24
                    TO 29 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

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