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SPOT FORECAST FOR CROW WING STATE PARK RX...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
603 AM CDT THU APR 5 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES TODAY...WITH
MAINLY JUST SOME HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE BURNSITE. IT WILL AGAIN BE
DRY TODAY...WITH LOW HUMIDITY. WINDS WILL START TO GUST BETWEEN
10 AM AND 11 AM AS MIXING GETS UNDERWAY. GUSTS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
BY LATE MORNING...LASTING INTO THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....55-60.
MIN HUMIDITY........18-23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH WILL
                    BECOME SOUTHEAST THIS MORNING FROM 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH GUSTS
                    TO 18 MPH DEVELOPING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR (13000) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (68700).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
TEMP............46     53     58     60     58
RH..............43     30     24     19     20
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9      11     11     11     9
20 FT WIND GUST.16     18     18     18     16

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. AREAS OF FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29-34.
MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH DECREASING TO 4 TO 5
                    MPH LATE.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.

TIME (CDT)      7 PM      10 PM     1 AM      4 AM
TEMP............56        46        40        35
RH..............24        38        55        66
20 FT WIND DIR..SE        E         SE        SE
20 FT WIND SPD..8         5         5         4
20 FT WIND GUST.13

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO
                    18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 26 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8500) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (102600).

TIME (CDT)      7 AM      10 AM     1 PM      4 PM
TEMP............33        49        58        61
RH..............72        35        24        23
20 FT WIND DIR..SE        SE        S         SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5         9         14        14
20 FT WIND GUST.6         14        25        26

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FORECASTER...DEAN M.
REQUESTED BY...K  SIEVE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120405.CROWW.01/DLH