FNUS73 KMPX 061352 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR HASTINGS SAND COULEE SNA...MN DNR SNA PROG NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 852 AM CDT THU SEP 6 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLEAR SKIES THIS MORNING WILL EVENTUALLY GIVE WAY TO SOME AFTERNOON CLOUDS AS THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. MY 10AM RH VALUES WILL BE AROUND 40 TO 50%...AND DECREASE TO AROUND 30% BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE WIND WILL BE LIGHT...BUT SHOULD MAINTAIN A SOUTHWESTERLY COMPONENT. LATER TONIGHT SHOWERS WILL MOVE IN ACROSS THE NORTH...AND COULD SPREAD SOME LIGHT RAIN OVER THE HASTINGS AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 81. RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1500-34300). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-3400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4500-5500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4700-6600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1800-3700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 67 76 79 81 79 RH..............69 47 36 32 32 34 20 FT WIND......SW 3 W 3 SW 3 SW 5 S 5 SW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...BEITLICH REQUESTED BY...ELLEN FUGE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120906.HASTI.02/MPX