FNUS73 KMPX 011146 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR LOUISVILLE SWAMP...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 646 AM CDT SUN APR 1 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WARM FRONT CURRENTLY DOWN ACROSS IA WILL NOT BEGIN LIFTING NORTH INTO THE PLANNING AREA UNTIL TONIGHT. HIGHS TODAY WILL AGAIN BE DEPENDENT ON CLOUDS...WITH HIGHS LIKELY TO STAY IN THE 50S IF CLOUDS HANG ON...WHILE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THE 70S AND EVEN 80 ACROSS SW MN IF SKIES CAN CLEAR OUT THIS AFTERNOON. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL SLOWLY WORK ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...WITH CHANCES FOR SHOWERS EXISTING AS IT DOES SO...THOUGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS LOOK TO BE LIMITED...WITH MOST AREAS SEEING UNDER A QUARTER INCH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. WIDESPREAD FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 71. RH..................77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1100-48300) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (51100-74600) IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-3700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 18 TO 26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV.....ARS WEATHER TYPE....FOG TEMP............52 53 57 61 65 67 68 69 70 69 68 66 RH..............94 85 77 68 59 57 55 56 54 54 59 63 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (28100-76800) DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (2100-20000) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1200 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 21 TO 30 MPH BECOMING EAST 13 TO 17 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72. RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2500-46900) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (125400-129000). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-4900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 6 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 33 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...RICHARDSON REQUESTED BY...RYAN PETERSEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120401.LOUIS.01/MPX SKY (%) LEGEND CLR = CLEAR MCR = MOSTLY CLEAR PC = PARTLY CLOUDY MC = MOSTLY CLOUDY CDY = CLOUDY