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SPOT FORECAST FOR SEM FEN...MNDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
840 AM CDT TUE MAY 10 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE MORNING FROM 10 TO 15 MPH
WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT
WILL LIFT NORTH INTO THE AREA AND 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.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........74 AT IGNITION...MAX 84.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOTUEAST AT 12 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKEDISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3500-52000) INCREASING TO
EXCELLENT (65300-110900) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO
GOOD (31800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-4000 FT
AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO
3200-4700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1700 FT AGL
LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 18 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 31
MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............64     74     79     83     84     82
RH..............75     66     62     57     57     58
20 FT WIND......E 10   SE 11  SE 11  SE 12  SE 10  SE 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     20     15     15
HAINES INDEX....4      3      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63.
RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300-4900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 16
                    TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 12 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...RUSS SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110510.SEMFE.01/MPX