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SPOT FORECAST FOR START PRAIRIE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
652 AM CDT TUE APR 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS DURING THE DAY WITH A SOUTH WIND
INCREASING TO 7 TO 11 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WARMING
THROUGH THE MID 50S BY MID AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY
DROPPING TO 40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH BY AFTERNOON.                  THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-46900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (58800-72700) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-6400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 17
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............32     41     48     54     57     57
RH..............88     62     50     43     43     45
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 5    S 6    S 9    S 10    S 8
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....2      2      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3300-40500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (65200-98100) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.

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