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SPOT FORECAST FOR NEW RICHMOND...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
651 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.........CLOUDY...THEN PARTLY SUNNY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................74 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-50600) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (59300-70300) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-4200 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO
                    28 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............49     54     60     63     64     62
RH..............86     74     62     56     54     58
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 6    E 8    E 11   E 11   E 8
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     15     20     20     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2500-49300) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (70900) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-4200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 24 TO 30 MPH BECOMING EAST 9 TO 18
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 9 TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON INCREASING TO AROUND 22 MPH.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...RX FIRE SPLST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120401.NEWRI.01/MPX