FNUS73 KMPX 082111 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR MUELLER HOUSE...FWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 411 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1900 CDT ON MAY 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL DRIFT INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN THIS EVENING. SHOWER ACTVIVITY SHOULD END IN THE MUELLER HOUSE AREA AROUND 6 PM. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING LESS WIND WITH WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56. RH..................MIN 68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (89800-97900). MIXING HEIGHT.......4100-4400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 25 TO 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............55 54 50 46 44 41 RH..............68 68 72 83 86 96 20 FT WIND......NW 16 N 11 NW 9 NW 6 NW 5 NW 5 20 FT WIND GUST.27 20 12 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MIN 39. RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (46600-78700) DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (1900-20600) EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700-3900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED CUMULUS DEVELOPING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67. RH..................MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1700-42800). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5800-7200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...PAULSON REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120508.MUELL.01/MPX