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SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITNEY...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
606 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 WHITNEY 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 WHITNEY
PRAIRIE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON BRINGING A WIND SHIFT WITH WINDS
BECOMING NORTHWEST.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
RH..................57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600) BECOMING GOOD (30000-35000).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-5800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 14 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     57     65     69     70     69
RH..............74     57     43     36     36     39
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 8    SE 8   SE 8   SE 8   SE 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     12     12     11     11     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
                    RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3000-25100).
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-4100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1500 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 21
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73.
RH..................MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (12200-48200) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (67300-85900) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4100 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 14 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 16 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 28 TO 30 MPH LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PAULSON
REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120424.WHITN.01/MPX