FNUS73 KMPX 241114 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR TYRONE FLATS...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 614 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... THE TYRONE FLATS 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. 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 TYRONE FLATS AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING A WIND SHIFT WITH WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2200) TO GOOD (30000-35000). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............55 63 67 70 70 65 RH..............59 43 37 35 36 45 20 FT WIND......E 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 5 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 THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52. RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3000-24900). MIXING HEIGHT.......3200-4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 18 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71. RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST AROUND 9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 8 TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-37700) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (66500-99200) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 16 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 14 TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO NORTH 28 TO 29 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...PAULSON REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120424.TYRON.01/MPX