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SPOT FORECAST FOR 10 MILE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
630 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED ACROSS THE
MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL PRODUCE WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS
THROUGH TONIGHT. THERE MAY BE SOME WIND GUSTS AROUND 14 TO 18
MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS SOUTHWEST CANADA...AND MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE GREAT
LAKES BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON...CLIPPPING NORTHERN MINNESOTA.
A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY BUT THE FRONT
IS EXPECTED TO BE DRY. A WARM FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA ON THURSDAY
BRINGING MORE UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH A BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........70 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.
RH..................30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-31800) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (52700-100800) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (118300-135800) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO GOOD TO EXCELLENT (40800-83500)
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

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............63     70     77     81     82     79
RH..............40     30     23     21     22     26
20 FT WIND......SW 6   SW 7   SW 9   W 9    W 7    SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....6      6      6      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75.
RH..................MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6 OR OR MODERATE TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-33700) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (62400-95900) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT
                    (122400-151900) EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (174100) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (123700)
                    DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (73000) LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

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