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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING CREEK SNA...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
729 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 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
THE DAY BUT A BATCH OF LOW CLOUDS MAY BE OVER THE SITE THROUGH THE
MORNING. THIS MAY KEEP TEMPERATURES FROM RISING TOO FAST THIS
MORNING.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (11600-55500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (70400-117000) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO GOOD (38600) LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4600 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN
                    DECREASING TO 1500-2600 FT AGL LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 37 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.

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  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............57     63     71     73     73     70
RH..............79     72     61     57     59     68
20 FT WIND......S 10   S 12   S 14   S 14   S 14   S 14
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     25     25     25
HAINES INDEX....4      4      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63.
RH..................MAX 97 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78.
RH..................MIN 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...RICHARDSON
REQUESTED BY...RUSSELL SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120501.SPRIN.01/MPX