FNUS73 KMPX 041131
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR NURSURY...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
631 AM CDT WED MAY 4 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SURFACE RIDGE OVERHEAD THIS MORNING WILL MOVE EAST AND ALLOW FOR
S TO SE WINDS TO DEVELOP. EXPECT AN INCREASE IN WIND SPEEDS BY LATE
MORNING...WITH GUSTY WINDS DEVELOP BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. SUNNY
SKIES THIS MORNING WILL GIVE AWAY TO INCREASING CLOUDINESS THIS
AFTERNOON WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-47100) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (72600-115500) LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............38     47     55     61     64     63
RH..............67     49     35     29     29     31
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 7    S 9    S 11   S 12   S 11
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      4      4      5

.TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (37400-69000).

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FORECASTER...TAGGART
REQUESTED BY...RX FIRE SPLST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110504.NURSU.01/MPX