FNUS73 KMPX 091416
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR OAK SAVANNA PILES...U.S. FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
816 AM CST WED JAN 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0815 CST ON JANUARY 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
BREEZY WEST WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD
FRONT...AND THEN DECREASE TO AROUND OR JUST ABOVE 5 MPH THIS AFTERNOON
AND BACK TO A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEARLY
STEADY TODAY IN THE LOWER 30S...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
IN THE 60S. NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........32 AT IGNITION...MAX 33.
RH..................64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 17 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10000-54800) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (4100) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 28 TO 37 MPH BECOMING WEST 16 TO 25
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO
                    THE SOUTHWEST 13 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............32     32     32     32     32     29
RH..............66     62     62     63     61     66
20 FT WIND......W 14   W 15   W 11   W 9    W 7    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.25     30     20     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....4      3      4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 17.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1300-5200).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. AREAS OF
                    FOG LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 90
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 39.
RH..................MIN 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (4100-33900).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 22 TO 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...ERIC JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130109.OAKSA.01/MPX