FNUS73 KMPX 231132
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HURLEY...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
632 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 OVER THE BURN SITE WILL MOVE SLOWLY
EAST THIS MORNING. A LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND EARLY THIS MORNING
WILL BECOME WEST-NORTHWEST AT 6 TO 8 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...WITH DRY WEATHER
PREVAILING. MINIMUM HUMIDITY IS FORECAST TO REACH NEAR 35 PERCENT
LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 62.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-42300) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (57300-101700) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (31300) LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3700 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    4900-6000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING
                    TO 7100-7800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2800 FT
                    AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     55     59     61     62     56
RH..............63     51     42     38     38     47
20 FT WIND......W 5    W 5    W 5    NW 7   NW 6   W 4
20 FT WIND GUST.                     10     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 43.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-4200 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH.

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FORECASTER...HILTBRAND
REQUESTED BY...RYAN PETERSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120423.HURLE.01/MPX