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SPOT FORECAST FOR FELBER...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
700 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE FELBER AREA WILL LIE BETWEEN A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE
NEAR THE MINNESOTA-WISCONSIN BORDER AND AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IN
THE DAKOTAS. THIS WILL BRING MAINLY SOUTHEAST WINDS TO THE AREA
TODAY. EXPECT OCCASIONAL HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS AND WARM TEMPERATURES.
A BRIEF SHOWER IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 0800. THE DAKOTAS LOW WILL TRACK
ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS.  SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL LINGER INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS THE FELBER AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT BRINGING A WIND SHIFT WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL 0800.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2800) INCREASING TO GOOD (38000)
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500-6900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............53     60     66     70     71     67
RH..............64     51     42     36     35     42
20 FT WIND......SE 6   SE 6   SE 5   E 5    E 5    SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10      10     9      9
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 40
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL LATE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76.
RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 10 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO
                    13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.

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FORECASTER...PAULSON
REQUESTED BY...RYAN PETERSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.FELBE.01/MPX