FNUS73 KMPX 291326
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR DOCKENDORF PRAIRIE...SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
826 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON MARCH 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CLOUDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS  DEVELOPING AFTER
5 PM.  RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE TO 40 TO 45 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON
AS A SOUTHEAST WIND INCREASES TO 15 TO 25 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 16 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (15300-60400) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (67300-75600) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-3800 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 23 TO 28 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                            CHANCE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............44     49     57     57     57     55
RH..............65     56     47     52     57     61
20 FT WIND......SE 11  SE 14  SE 14  SE 15  SE 14  SE 10
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     25     25     25     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      4      3

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59.
RH..................MIN 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (600-42500).

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN KELLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120329.DOCKE.01/MPX