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SPOT FORECAST FOR EDWARDS CENTRAL...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
750 AM CDT FRI APR 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

EDWARDS CENTRAL IS ALSO NEAR THE EDGE OF THE CLOUD COVER IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA. I SEE IN 7AM OBSERVATION THE REMARK CALL FOR CLEAR
SKIES...WHICH SHOULD BE THE CASE ALL DAY TODAY. IN FACT...MORE
CLOUDS EXPECTED ALREADY BY THIS MORNING. THIS WILL SLOW THE WARM
UP AND KEEP THE RH A BIT HIGHER THAN IT WOULD NORMALLY GET TO.
WIND IS NEAR CALM BUT SHOULD END UP WITH A LIGHT NORTH COMPONENT
TO THE WIND. THE WIND COULD AT TIMES BE LIGHT AND SOMEWHAT
VARIABLE GIVEN THE OVERALL WEAK FLOW TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1100-36100).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 5 TO 7 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............36     42     47     53     55     54
RH..............61     48     38     43     41     43
20 FT WIND......N 2    N 3    N 4    NW 5   NW 4   S 2
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      5             5
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE
                    IN THE EVENING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. LIGHT RAIN LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 61 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10500-36400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-3500 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 8
                    TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...PHIL MILLETTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120420.EDWAR.01/MPX