FNUS73 KMPX 211305
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SPRING CREEK...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
805 AM CDT MON MAY 21 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TODAY WILL BRING THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY H VALUES OF THE COMING DAYS...
WITH VALUES INCREASING WITH EACH SUBSEQUENT DAY.  HIGHS WARMING THROUGH
THE LOWER 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO NEAR 29% BY 4 PM. LIGHT
WEST TO NORTHWEST WIND LESS THAN 10 MPH BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHWEST AFTER 4 PM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-48900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (52700-95700) LATE IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO FAIR (29100) LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6700-8500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 5 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6 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     63     69     72     73     71
RH..............61     44     35     30     29     32
20 FT WIND......W 2    NW 5   NW 5   W 4    SW 4   SE 3
20 FT WIND GUST.                     5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79.
RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...DAVID TRAUBA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120521.SPRIN.01/MPX