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SPOT FORECAST FOR LEE SEED FIELD...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
850 AM CDT WED MAY 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MAY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL PASS ACROSS THE BURN SITE TODAY. NORTH WINDS
NEAR 5 MPH THIS MORNING WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AROUND THE BURN
TIME...BEFORE PICKING UP OUT OF THE SW AT 5 TO 10 MPH AFTER 2PM.
DECREASING CLOUDINESS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE UPPER 60S...
WITH THE HUMIDITY FALLING BACK TO AROUND 40 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 3 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-34500).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5400-6400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 3 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    2 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     60     64     66     67     63
RH..............70     58     49     42     40     48
20 FT WIND......W 3    SW 3   SW 4   S 5    S 7    S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....2      3      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-36700).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 83.
RH..................MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-41500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (107900-108800).

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FORECASTER...GRIESINGER
REQUESTED BY...DAN ANGELO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120509.LEESE.01/MPX