FNUS73 KMPX 031248 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR BAKERS LAKE...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 748 AM CDT THU MAY 3 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. AFTER THIS SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY TODAY WITH ONLY SMALL CHANCES FOR PRECIP...MAINLY FOCUSED ALONG A BOUNDARY THAT WILL BE IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE...EXCEPT NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. ONCE THE BOUNDARY MOVES SOUTH OF THE AREA...LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT AND BECOME NORTHERLY. COULD SEE A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE BOUNDARY...WITH A DRY PERIOD EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...BEFORE ANOTHER DISTURBANCE BRINGS CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 78. RH..................62 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1700-25700). TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC PC WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............72 73 75 77 78 78 78 77 75 71 67 64 RH..............71 66 62 56 52 50 50 52 54 61 68 73 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW W W NW N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55. RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73. RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...WFO MPX REQUESTED BY...JARED CULBERTSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120503.BAKER.01/MPX SKY (%) LEGEND CLR = CLEAR MCR = MOSTLY CLEAR PC = PARTLY CLOUDY MC = MOSTLY CLOUDY CDY = CLOUDY