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SPOT FORECAST FOR BARBER LAKE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
717 AM CDT THU APR 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING DOWN FROM THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES INTO THE
WESTERN GREAT LAKES TODAY...WITH A COOLER...THOUGH VERY DRY NORTHEAST WIND
TAKING SHAPE. WILL BE A MUCH COOLER DAY TODAY...WITH HIGHS ONLY IN
THE MID 50S...BUT A SIGNIFICANT INTRUSION OF DRY AIR WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON
HUMIDITIES AT THE BURN SITE TO FALL TO AROUND 30 PERCENT. NE WINDS WILL
BE STRONGEST INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON WITH 8 TO 12 MPH WINDS WITH GUSTS TO
20 MPH...BEFORE GIVING WAY TO 5 TO 10 MPH WINDS BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 12 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (45800-83000).
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600-5900 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 17 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 14
                    TO 16 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............46     50     53     55     56     55
RH..............70     51     41     35     32     32
20 FT WIND......N 9    NE 11  NE 11  NE 10  E 9    E 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....3      4      4      4      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (11600-58700) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (2600-8400) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 48.
RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (11500-60200) INCREASING TO
                    GOOD TO EXCELLENT (59900-91400) IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD
                    (36300) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...GRIESINGER
REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120426.BARBE.01/MPX