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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THE FOSTER CREEK 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 MORNING.
A COLD FRONT WILL DROP ACROSS THE FOSTER CREEK AREA WEDNESDAY
NIGHT BRINGING A WIND SHIFT WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2000) BECOMING FAIR TO GOOD FAIR (25000-35000)
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 11 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............49     57     63     69     70     71
RH..............71     59     49     40     39     40
20 FT WIND......SE 5   SE 7   SE 7   SE 6   SE 6   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     10     10
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 30
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600-12800).
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400-5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1800 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 1 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 14 TO
                    21 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...PAULSON
REQUESTED BY...ERIC EARHART
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.FOSTE.01/MPX