FNUS73 KMPX 301215
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PEARSON...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
715 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 OVER THE BURN SITE HAS ALLOWED FOR DENSE FOG
FIRST THING THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL SLOWLY BURN OFF THIS MORNING...
LIFTING BETWEEN 9 AND 10 AM. AN UPPER DISTURBANCE WILL KEEP SKIES
MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS MORNING...BUT BY THE AFTERNOON...SKIES ARE EXPECTED
TO BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY. THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO PUSH BACK UP INTO
THE 60S. IN ADDITION...SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA WILL WORK
INTO THE AREA BY THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES TO FALL
BACK INTO THE 40S. HOWEVER...THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL KEEP WINDS LIGHT AND
VARIABLE THIS MORNING...WITH A LIGHT SE WIND...UNDER 10 MPH DEVELOPING
BY THE AFTERNOON


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 0 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-25000).
MIXING HEIGHT.......600-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400-6000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     55     64     66     65     61
RH..............85     60     46     42     43     49
20 FT WIND......VRB    E 2    SE 3   SE 5   SE 7   SE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      10     10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2600-17600).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

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