FNUS73 KMPX 101503 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR CASEY LAKE...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1003 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY DURING THE DAY AS A WARM FRONT MOVES THRU THE AREA. THIS WILL BRING VERY WARM TEMPERATURES AND INCREASED DEWPOINTS TO THE AREA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH THE APPROACH OF A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........81 AT IGNITION...MAX 83. RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4600-45400) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (57800-103600) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO FAIR (27700-27800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-4300 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 3300-4700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 21 TO 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............76 79 81 82 83 83 82 81 78 74 72 70 RH..............63 61 59 58 57 57 58 58 62 69 71 72 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 11 12 11 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 15 15 10 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60. RH..................MAX 87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300-4300). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78. RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-53600). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-3600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 16 TO 24 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 10 TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER REQUESTED BY...JARED CULBERTSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110510.CASEY.01/MPX SKY (%) LEGEND CLR = CLEAR MCR = MOSTLY CLEAR PC = PARTLY CLOUDY MC = MOSTLY CLOUDY CDY = CLOUDY