FNUS73 KMPX 301238
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR FEDJI...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
738 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

CLOUDS AND FOG EARLY THIS MORNING WILL DEPART THE BURN SITE BY
LATE THIS MORNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 10 MPH FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. MINIMUM HUMIDITY THIS AFTERNOON WILL REACH 40 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................69 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (5300-44200) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (63400-111800) IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500-5000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    6000-7800 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5400 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 16 TO 20 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE....FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............45     53     59     63     65     65
RH..............96     69     55     48     43     41
20 FT WIND......S 6    SW 7   SW 8   SW 9   W 10   W 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....3      4      4      3      4      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 40
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 7 TO
                    12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE LATE
                    EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-50700).

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4400-46600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (60300-96500) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO FAIR (28900) LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1500
                    FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 23 TO 32 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 25
                    TO 33 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...HILTBRAND
REQUESTED BY...TROY BOSCHEE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120430.FEDJI.01/MPX