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SPOT FORECAST FOR HANSON SLASH PILE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
754 AM CDT TUE JUN 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON JUNE 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST FROM THE DAKOTAS INTO
MINNESOTA TODAY...ALLOWING FOR MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY CLIMB THROUGH THE 60S AFTER SUNRISE...
EVENTUALLY REACHING THE MID 70S THIS AFTERNOON. RH VALUES WILL
BOTTOM OUT IN THE LOW 40S BETWEEN 4PM AND 6PM. NW WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT TO W 5-10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
SETTLE DOWN TO AROUND 5 MPH THIS EVENING FROM THE SOUTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST
                    5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY
                    AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (6500-48100).

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............59     66     70     73     75     76
RH..............80     68     61     55     48     45
20 FT WIND......NW 4   NW 5   NW 6   W 5    W 4    SW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10     5      5
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-17800).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81.
RH..................MIN 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2600-47400) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (62400-78700) LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110628.HANSO.01/MPX