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SPOT FORECAST FOR SLEEPING BISON...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
901 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...
SUNSHINE TODAY WITH SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WIND INCREASING TO 11 TO
16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES
WARMING THROUGH THE MID 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO 25
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 11 TO 16 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-47600) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (58800-70300) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300-5300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 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............56     64     69     74     74     73
RH..............45     35     30     26     27     28
20 FT WIND......SE 4   S 6    S 10   S 12   S 14   S 15
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     15     20     25     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 56.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (32500-72400) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO FAIR (3500-13600) IN THE LATE EVENING
                    AND OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...DAVID TRAUBA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120516.SLEEP.01/MPX