FNUS73 KMPX 081505
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR OAK SAVANNA PILES...U.S. FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
905 AM CST TUE JAN 8 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON JANUARY 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH-CENTRAL CANADA WILL SHIFT EAST
TODAY...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH IT WHICH IS FORECAST TO CROSS
THE AREA THIS EVENING. MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF
THIS FRONT...POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ANY PRECIPITATION WILL BE SHORT-LIVED
AND PRODUCE LITTLE IF ANYTHING MEASURABLE. SKIES WILL THEN GRADUALLY
CLEAR OUT LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. WINDS WILL BE
GENERALLY SOUTHERLY TODAY BEFORE SHIFTING TO SOUTHWEST AND WEST WITH
THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                    LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SCATTERED
                    FLURRIES LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW
                    50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........29 AT IGNITION...MAX 33.
RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (700-25500).

TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR
TEMP............21     29     31     30     29     28
RH..............81     78     78     81     81     88
20 FT WIND......SE 4   SE 7   S 9    S 10   SW 11  SW 12
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     15     15     20     20
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SCATTERED FLURRIES EARLY IN THE EVENING.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 22.
RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (4300-28900).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 33.
RH..................MIN 69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 20 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (1300-17800).

$$
FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...ERIC JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130108.OAKSA.01/MPX