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SPOT FORECAST FOR UNCAS DUNES...MNDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
914 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...
EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST WITH GUSTS
TO 20 MPH 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 MAY DEVELOP AFTER 4 PM WITH THE APPROACH OF A
TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........69 AT IGNITION...MAX 80.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (26800-73100) INCREASING TO
                    GOOD TO EXCELLENT (47200-78900) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3600 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 23 TO 29 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............61     69     74     79     80     78
RH..............72     67     62     60     60     64
20 FT WIND......E 9    E 10   E 11   SE 11  SE 10  SE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     20     20     15     10
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

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