FNUS73 KMPX 041405
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MEWS AMENDED...FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
905 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 04.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A LARGE AREA OF MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS WILL MOVE
INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY 11 AM...WITH SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING BY THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE COULD BE AN OPEN WINDOW
OF DRY WEATHER FROM 1 PM TO 4 PM. AN EAST-SOUTHEAST WIND WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
THIS MORNING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 50
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (23100-56500).

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............57     60     63     68     70     69
RH..............74     72     67     59     60     67
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 7    E 11   E 12   E 14   E 14
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     20     25     25     25
HAINES INDEX....4      4      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-47700).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72.
RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (6500-39800).

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FORECASTER...TAGGART
REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120504.MEWSA.01/MPX