FNUS73 KMPX 101135
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HARVEY...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
635 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 A SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND INCREASING TO 10 TO
15 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE AFTER 11 AM.
TEMPERATURES WARMING THROUGH THE LOWER 70S AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY
DROPPING TO 38 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-48900) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (61500-80200) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-5600 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 23 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.

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............56     65     70     73     74     71
RH..............60     46     41     38     40     46
20 FT WIND......S 8    S 11   S 11   S 14   SE 14  S 11
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (25600-75400) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (3800-10700) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61.
RH..................MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (13900-61700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (94800-124100) IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120510.HARVE.01/MPX