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SPOT FORECAST FOR SWEDE FOREST PB...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
829 AM CDT MON APR 30 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0922 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 35 PERCENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
RH..................71 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (8300-52000) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (100100-141200).
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600-8300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 10 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 17
                    TO 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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....DRZL   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     53     61     67     68     69
RH..............86     71     56     45     42     37
20 FT WIND......S 5    SW 6   SW 7   SW 9   W 11   W 11
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     15     20     20
HAINES INDEX....3      4      4      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11
                    MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (43700-81700) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO FAIR (1400-17400) EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 80.
RH..................MIN 45 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 GOOD (4200-47800) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (62700-109800) IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (95500-140600) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO GOOD (50400) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-4200 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 3700-5400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 22 TO 31 MPH INCREASING TO 32 TO 35 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...HILTBRAND
REQUESTED BY...BRAD BOLDUAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120430.SWEDE.01/MPX