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SPOT FORECAST FOR WANG...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
956 AM CDT WED APR 18 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS EAST THROUGH CENTRAL AND 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.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4100-50300) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (42400-63700) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-4900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 14 TO 23 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     58     60     61     60     54
RH..............66     55     46     39     39     48
20 FT WIND......NW 12  NW 14  NW 12  N 11   N 10   N 9
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     20     20     15     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      4      4      4      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-34900).
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1400 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 6 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 16
                    TO 18 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49.
RH..................MIN 61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3700-51300) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (35700-57300) IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120418.WANG_.01/MPX