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SPOT FORECAST FOR MORRIS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1103 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...
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS EAST THROUGH EASTERN MINNESOTA
WHILE WESTERN MINNESOTA SLOWLY DRIES OUT AFTER RECEIVING GENERALLY A
TENTH OF AN INCH OR LESS OF PRECIPITATION OVERNIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BREAK
UP SOMEWHAT DURING THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR PARTIAL SUNSHINE MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON. BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY BECOMING NORTH BEHIND THE FRONT. NO FURTHER
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY BUT CLOUDS
RETURN TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY AS A ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH EAST OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 58.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 13 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4600-53200) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (41600-59000) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4500 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST AROUND 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 20
                    TO 29 MPH IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO
                    14 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     55     57     57     51     46
RH..............63     51     42     42     54     68
20 FT WIND......NW 14  NW 12  N 10   N 8    N 7    NE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.25     20     15     15     10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1400 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 23 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49.
RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...PHIL MILLETTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120418.MORRI.01/MPX