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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG FISH...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
655 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRIFT EAST OF THE BURN SITE THIS
MORNING. A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BECOME
WEST AT 6 TO 8 MPH FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE
WILL SOME PATCHY CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING WITH A MOSTLY CLOUDY SKY
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...DRY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL.
MINIMUM HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO REACH NEAR 35 PERCENT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-32800) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (35400-83000) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO POOR (12900) LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-5000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    6600-6800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 4500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 2500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 7 TO 16 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............40     51     57     61     62     63
RH..............76     59     45     38     36     35
20 FT WIND......W 4    W 5    W 5    W 5    W 6    W 4
20 FT WIND GUST.5                           10     5
HAINES INDEX....5      4      4      4      5      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400-1500).

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-23100).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-3400 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1300 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HILTBRAND
REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120423.BIGFI.01/MPX