FNUS73 KMPX 241229
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ST  CROIX...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
729 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 BURN AREA WILL LIE CLOSE TO THE SOWLY DEPARTING DEPARTING HIGH
PRESSURE RIDGE. THIS WILL BRING MAINLY LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS TO
THE AREA TODAY. EXPECT OCCASIONAL CLOUDINESS AND STILL A CHANCE OF
A BRIEF SHOWER THIS MORNING. A DAKOTAS LOW PRESSURE 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 EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 68.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1100-42700).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5900-7100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 2 TO 8 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............51     59     64     67     68     66
RH..............63     47     40     36     34     40
20 FT WIND......E 4    E 5    E 4    E 4    E 4    E 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5             5      5      5      5
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 50
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...RUSSELL SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.STCRO.01/MPX