FNUS73 KMPX 231310 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BRADSHAW LAKE 23...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 810 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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 ON WILL BECOME WEST NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 7 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 SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-38500) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (55100-94800) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO FAIR (24000) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4900-6100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 7300-7800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 5 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 55 59 62 63 56 RH..............63 51 42 36 36 47 20 FT WIND......W 4 W 4 W 5 NW 6 NW 5 W 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 5 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 4 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400-1700). .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69. RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW TO OR MODERATE. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-22500). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HILTBRAND REQUESTED BY...TIM KOPPELMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120423.BRADS.01/MPX