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SPOT FORECAST FOR BANGOR...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
706 AM CDT FRI MAR 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE BURN SITE TODAY WILL
HELP MAINTAIN LIGHT EAST WINDS...WITH SPEEDS REMAINING BELOW 10
MPH. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY INTO THE AFTERNOON...HELPING SLOW
THE WARMING SUN...BY MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AFTER 2 PM WILL ALLOW
FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM BACK UP TO AROUND 60. WITH THE WINDS
REMAINING LIGHT...HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE DAY...
WITH AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES ONLY FALLING BACK TO AROUND 55 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 1 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1400-17500).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-4100 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 2 TO 7 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............49     53     57     60     59     56
RH..............80     70     65     58     57     64
20 FT WIND......E 6    SE 4   SE 3   SE 3   SE 4   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.                     5      5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3300-24400).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.

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FORECASTER...GRIESINGER
REQUESTED BY...PHIL MILLETTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120330.BANGO.01/MPX