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SPOT FORECAST FOR RANDALL...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
112 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 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... SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PREVAIL
MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WISCONSIN.
OVER THE AREA OF INTEREST THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
A SHOWER... BUT THE ACTIVITY WILL MOST LIKELY REMAIN SOUTHEAST OF
THE AREA. CLOUD COVER WILL BE VARIABLE... ALTHOUGH PARTLY TO MOSTLY
SUNNY CONDITIONS WILL PREDOMINATE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH MORE
IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH AROUND 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-32000).

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............64     71     74     72     66     62
RH..............66     54     51     55     67     74
20 FT WIND......E 4    N 6    N 8    N 10   N 9    N 9
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4600-42600).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64.
RH..................MIN 52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (35900-82000).

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FORECASTER...HULTQUIST
REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110511.RANDA.01/MPX