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SPOT FORECAST FOR MORTON OUTCROPS...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
838 AM CDT WED MAY 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SUNSHINE PREVALENT TODAY WITH A SOUTH WIND INCREASING TO 10 MPH BY
LATE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 15 MPH. TEMPERATURES WARMING
THROUGH THE MID 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 24 PERCENT
BY 4 PM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................26 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-47000).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-5800 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 1 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 13 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............66     71     74     73     69     63
RH..............30     26     24     26     31     41
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 5    S 8    S 10   S 11   S 10
20 FT WIND GUST.              15     15     20     15
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4600-54500) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (3000-4300) IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 88.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 17 TO 22 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW TO OR HIGH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4300-35500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (157800-174500).

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...BRAD BOLDUAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120516.MORTO.01/MPX