FNUS73 KMPX 311220 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR CARLSON LAKE...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 720 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... UNSEASONABLY MILD AIR WILL ONCE AGAIN DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE PLANNING AREA THIS WEEKEND AS LOW PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE NRN HIGH PLAINS. LOW CLOUDS WILL ONCE AGAIN SLOW DOWN THE WARMING THIS MORNING...BUT BY THE AFTERNOON...ALL BUT WRN WI SHOULD SEE SKIES BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY. SUNDAY...A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT UP TO ABOUT I-94...WITH HOT/DRIER CONDITIONS EXPECTED SOUTH OF IT...WITH HIGHS TOPPING OUT IN THE 80S AND HUMIDITIES FALLING BACK INTO THE 30S FROM SRN INTO WRN MN. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 72. RH..................76 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3500-35100). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-2700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 TO 24 MPH DECREASING TO 13 TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 55 64 70 71 70 RH..............93 76 58 47 46 50 20 FT WIND......S 10 S 8 S 7 S 7 S 5 S 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1600-23500). MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 12 MPH. .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79. RH..................MIN 37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2600-41300) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (53700-85700) IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO FAIR (23900-24000) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 14 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 21 TO 28 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...RICHARDSON REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120331.CARLS.01/MPX