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SPOT FORECAST FOR HENJUM LAKE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
732 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL PREVAIL OVER THE AREA TODAY. MOSTLY SUNNY
SKIES WITH NO MOISTURE ADVECTION WILL COMBINE TO DROP RH VALUES
TO NEAR 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT/VARIABLE WINDS THIS MORNING
WILL EVENTUALLY SWING AROUND TO SOUTHERLY BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND
INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. WINDS WILL
SETTLE DOWN CLOSE TO 10 MPH BY SUNSET. CLOUDS INCREASE OVERNIGHT
THROUGH TOMORROW AS A WARM FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHWEST...
POSSIBLY BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING MAINLY
THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH
                    8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-43800) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (53700) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-5300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 1 TO
                    8 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    12 TO 15 MPH 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............55     62     67     72     72     71
RH..............47     33     28     26     27     28
20 FT WIND......E 3    SE 5   S 6    S 9    S 11   S 14
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     15     20     25
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 30
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (31600-62000) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (4100-6300) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-1700 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 18 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 33
                    MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN 30
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 85.
RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...JARED  CULBERTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120516.HENJU.01/MPX