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SPOT FORECAST FOR 10 MILE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
654 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY... WITH A
FEW LIGHT SHOWERS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
PLANNING AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE
SOUTHWEST BEHIND THE TROUGH... AND WILL INCREASE FURTHER LATE
TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE ORGANIZES
FROM SOUTHERN CANADA INTO THE HIGH PLAINS. THIS AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH SOUTHERN CANADA TUESDAY NIGHT...
DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ACROSS MINNESOTA. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY NIGHT AS THIS SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO STALL OUT FROM FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
INTO CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK... BRINGING
PERIODIC CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH MILD
TEMPERATURES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY DRIZZLE EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (8800-53000) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (65600-89800) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000-7100 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     54     61     64     66     65
RH..............79     64     51     48     45     48
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 5    SW 6   SW 7   SW 7   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.              10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      3      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (48600-75500) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO FAIR (2100-24000) EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-2200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 16 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75.
RH..................MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2100-29800) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (53200-81900) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (110500-147900) LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING
                    TO EXCELLENT (92800) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...RX FIRE SPLST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120430.10MIL.01/MPX