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SPOT FORECAST FOR GLACIAL LAKE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
832 AM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A RATHER COMPLICATED WEATHER PATTERN LIES AHEAD FOR THE NEXT
SEVERAL DAYS AS THE AREA REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A
DEEP LOW PRESSURE WHICH WILL MOVE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST U.S.
TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. THEN AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE WILL DROP OUT
OF CANADA AND ACROSS THE AREA LATE FRIDAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

FOR TODAY PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL
MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN.
SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
ON THURSDAY. OVER THE AREA OF INTEREST THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM... BUT THE ACTIVITY WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN
SOUTHEAST OF THE AREA. CLOUD COVER WILL BE VARIABLE... ALTHOUGH
IT APPEARS THERE WILL BE A WINDOW OF PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES FROM LATE
MORNING INTO MID AFTERNOON... UNLESS HIGH CLOUDS FROM STORMS TO
THE SOUTH OVERSPREAD THE AREA.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (5800-31500).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............63     68     71     73     72     68
RH..............59     52     51     48     48     52
20 FT WIND......NW 7   NW 8   NW 9   N 9    N 10   N 11
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     15     20     20
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50.
RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61.
RH..................MIN 53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HULTQUIST
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110511.GLACI.01/MPX