FNUS73 KMPX 231212 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR GREY CLOUD DUNES...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 712 AM CDT MON APR 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE BURN SITE WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST THIS MORNING. A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND EARLY THIS MORNING 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 BY LATE IN THE DAY. 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..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-32300) INCREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (53400-79600) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (63700-109600) IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO FAIR (26500) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5600-7000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 8200-8500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 17 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 55 60 62 63 61 RH..............65 49 41 36 36 39 20 FT WIND......NW 3 NW 4 W 3 NW 5 NW 5 NW 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 5 .TONIGHT... TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67. RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-34200). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-4100 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 3000-4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...HILTBRAND REQUESTED BY...RUSSELL SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120423.GREYC.01/MPX