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SPOT FORECAST FOR 10 MILE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
639 AM CDT THU MAY 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SUNSHINE TODAY WITH LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH THIS
MORNING. TEMPERATURES WARMING TO NEAR 71 FOR A HIGH WITH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY DROPPING TO NEAR 35 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1100-47900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (56800-64100) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-6300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 15 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............53     62     67     70     71     68
RH..............59     43     37     36     36     43
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 8    S 8    S 9    S 8    S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....5      4      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68.
RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3200-46200) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (53600-93600) IN THE AFTERNOON.

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