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SPOT FORECAST FOR CANNON RIVER...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
729 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WINDY TODAY WITH A SOUTH WIND 15 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME
GUSTS TO 30 MPH AFTER 10 AM. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE LOWER 80S
THIS AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROPPING TO 38 PERCENT
BY 5 PM.  SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL THIS EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........76 AT IGNITION...MAX 83.
RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (31800-71200) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (194000).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-5600 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 26 TO 35 MPH INCREASING TO 38 TO 46 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............70     75     80     82     83     81
RH..............47     43     41     40     38     42
20 FT WIND......S 16   S 18   S 17   S 17   S 15   S 14
20 FT WIND GUST.25     30     30     30     25     25
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 80
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 64.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING
                    LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75.
RH..................MIN 52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...RUSS SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120523.CANNO.01/MPX