FNUS73 KDLH 241640 FWSDLH SPOT FORECAST FOR PARKLAND NE...WDNR BRULE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 1140 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE TODAY WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY AND SKIES MOSTLY SUNNY. WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE NORTHEAST OFF THE LAKE THIS AFTERNOON WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 7 TO 9 MPH AND GUSTS UP TO 11 TO 13 MPH. WILL SEE TEMPERATURES JUMP INTO THE LOWER TO MID 60S BEFORE THE LAKE BREEZE INITIATES IN THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE LOWER 30 PERCENT RANGE...POSSIBLY DOWN INTO THE UPPER 20 PERCENT RANGE IF THE LAKE BREEZE IS DELAYED A COUPLE HOURS. HIGH CLOUDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST BY THIS EVENING. DO NOT HESITATE TO CALL IF THE FORECAST BECOMES UNREPRESENTATIVE THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....61-63. MIN HUMIDITY........30-35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 3 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING...BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 7 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 11 MPH...THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2800) INCREASING TO FAIR (23800) LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO GOOD (38500) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO FAIR (13700) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM TEMP............61 63 60 57 RH..............35 32 38 43 20 FT WIND DIR..SE E NE W 20 FT WIND SPD..2 5 9 7 20 FT WIND GUST.3 7 10 9 $$ FORECASTER...BRIAN REQUESTED BY...DALE ROCHON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120424.PARKL.01/DLH