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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWARD FARM...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
637 AM CDT FRI APR 20 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT WAS CENTERED ACROSS CENTRAL CANADA
WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY. THIS
WILL KEEP NORTH WINDS ACROSS WISCONSIN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA...WITH
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS IN THE WEST. LATER TONIGHT...AN AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS...AND
MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA ON SATURDAY. ALONG AND AHEAD
OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...LIGHT RAIN WILL SPREAD ACROSS WESTERN
MINNESOTA...INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE DAY. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL LINGER ACROSS FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA...AND WESTERN WISCONSIN
SATURDAY NIGHT...AND SUNDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY BUILD ACROSS
THE UPPER MIDWEST DURING THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (7500-53900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (45000-76400) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200-6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 9 TO 16 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............40     46     51     54     55     55
RH..............67     55     48     43     41     42
20 FT WIND......N 6    N 6    N 7    N 7    N 6    N 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      3      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-42300).
MIXING HEIGHT.......5500-6500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 55.
RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3200-59400) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (43800-90300) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4200 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 15 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 17
                    TO 26 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...MCQUIRTER
REQUESTED BY...RYAN PETERSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120420.HOWAR.01/MPX