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SPOT FORECAST FOR GREY CLOUD DUNES...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
733 AM CDT TUE MAY 1 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE PLANNING
FORECAST AREA THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE
REGION THEN SETTLES JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA FOR THE END OF THE WEEK.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

IT SHOULD BE DRY FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY...BUT A BATCH OF LOW
CLOUDS MAY MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS MORNING. THIS MAY KEEP
TEMPERATURES FROM RISING TOO FAST THIS MORNING AND KEEP HUMIDITY
HIGH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (11800-60000) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (78300-121800) IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (36700)
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4400 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1600
                    FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 18 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............57     63     71     74     74     70
RH..............83     75     63     59     57     68
20 FT WIND......S 8    S 10   S 11   S 11   S 11   S 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     20     22     20     15
HAINES INDEX....4      4      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURE.........MIN 61.
RH..................MAX 97 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78.
RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...PAULSON
REQUESTED BY...RUSSELL SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120501.GREYC.01/MPX