FNUS73 KMPX 012128
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SMSC COMPOST SITE...SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
328 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1427 CST ON MARCH 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOW CLOUDS AND LIGHT WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AS
A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE AREA SLIDES OFF INTO WISCONSIN.
AS IT DOES SO...EXPECT THE WINDS TO SHIFT FROM SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH SOUTHEAST
BY THIS EVENING. A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AS A WEAK
COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH...WITH WEST NORTHWEST WINDS ONCE THE FRONT
PASSES TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS TOMORROW WILL START OUT LIGHT...BUT
INCREASE TO AROUND 10MPH BY THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........35 AT INCIDENT...MAX 36.
RH..................82 PERCENT AT INCIDENT...MIN 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 4 MPH AT INCIDENT...BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT INCIDENT...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2000-8100).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 1 TO 6 MPH.

TIME (CST)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW
TEMP............34     34     35     35     33     32
RH..............82     82     78     78     85     85
20 FT WIND......SW 4   S 4   SSE 5   SSE 5  SE 5   S 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     7                    5
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT SNOW LIKELY OVERNIGHT...THEN
                    CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW AND PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 28.
RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4900-11400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 7 TO 12 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 38.
RH..................MIN 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11000-15000) INCREASING TO
                    GOOD (40000) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 21 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN KELLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
.TAG 20120301.SMSCC.01/MPX