FNUS73 KMPX 071315
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HOERNEMANN NORTH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
815 AM CDT WED SEP 7 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE IN EXTREME WESTERN WISCONSIN AND WEAK LOW PRESSURE
IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA WILL RESULT IN LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA INTO EARLY AND MID AFTERNOON. A WEAK CANADIAN COLD FRONT
WILL DROP SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WITH THE WINDS
BECOMING LIGHT NORTHERLY. DRY WEATHER WILL PERSIST THE REST OF THE
WEEK.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST 2 TO 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (900-25900).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-4900 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    4100-6000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN
                    DECREASING TO 2200 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 7 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............64     72     77     79     77     70
RH..............65     51     43     42     47     59
20 FT WIND......SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   SE 3   E 3    E 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400-1300).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80.
RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-49600) INCREASING TO FAIR TO
                    EXCELLENT (20100-62600) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 6300-7200 FT
                    AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO
                    2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 10
                    TO 12 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...KRAUSE
REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110907.HOERN.01/MPX