FNUS73 KABR 181625 FWSABR SPOT FORECAST FOR MOULTON LAKE...US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1125 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON APRIL 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ACROSS THE PROPOSED BURN AREA THIS AFTERNOON...CLOUDS SHOULD BE SCATTERING OUT BY THE IGNITION TIME. THESE CLOUDS MAY END UP HOLDING FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES DOWN A FEW DEGREES...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES STAYING CLOSER TO THAT 50 TO 55 PERCENT RANGE AT PEAK HEATING. THE FORECAST TODAY IS A DRY ONE...BUT ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE IN LATER TONIGHT...SPREADING RAIN INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY SUNRISE THURSDAY. AS FOR WINDS TODAY...NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING GENERALLY AROUND 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME OCCASIONALLY HIGHER GUSTS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE BY THIS AFTERNOON TO MORE LIKE 5 TO 15 MPH...AS THEY SWITCH AROUND TO NORTH-NORTHEAST BY 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING. BY MIDNIGHT CDT...WINDS SHOULD BE SWITCHED AROUND TO ALMOST DUE EAST AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD) UNTIL 1800...THEN MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD). MAX TEMPERATURE.....56-61. MIN HUMIDITY........47-52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH UNTIL 1800...THEN 5 TO 8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL UNTIL 1300...THEN 3700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 28 TO 33 MPH UNTIL 1300...THEN 18 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....AROUND 16200 UNTIL 1300...THEN AROUND 61800. TIME (CDT) 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........66 53 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............54 57 RH..............55 49 20 FT WIND......NW 9 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT CLOUD) UNTIL 2100...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT CLOUD). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER 0100. MIN TEMPERATURE.....38-43. MAX HUMIDITY........89-94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........45 56 69 80 84 91 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 49 45 44 43 42 RH..............51 62 74 79 83 88 20 FT WIND......N 6 NE 6 NE 6 E 6 E 7 E 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT CLOUD). SHOWERS LIKELY UNTIL 1300...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....46-51. MIN HUMIDITY........63-68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........95 94 91 89 89 88 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............40 40 41 44 46 47 RH..............94 94 89 80 73 67 20 FT WIND......E 9 E 9 NE 10 NE 11 NE 10 NE 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...DORN REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120418.MOULT.01/ABR