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SPOT FORECAST FOR MANONMAN PILES...U.S. FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
852 AM CST WED JAN 23 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON JANUARY 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS TEMPS FALL BEHIND A PASSING
COLD FRONT. ON THURSDAY AN ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL SLIDE DOWN ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH 1-4 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA. FURTHER
SOUTH NEAR ST CLOUD NOT EXPECTING MUCH MORE THAN AN INCH. IN FACT IT
IS POSSIBLE THAT ONLY A LIGHT DUSTING FALLS AROUND SHERBURNE COUNTY.
LIGHT SNOW SHOULD START AFTER 9PM THURSDAY EVENING...AND TAPER OFF BY
FRIDAY MORNING. THE MOST NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN THE WEATHER WITH THIS
SYSTEM WILL BE THE CHANGE FROM SOUTH SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ON THURSDAY
TO SOUTHWEST LATE THURSDAY EVENING...AND BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS OF
20MPH...GUSTING ABOVE 30MPH FRIDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
TO NEAR 30 DEGREES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT ANOTHER PUSH OF COLD AIR
WILL MOVE IN BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...SO NOT ANTICIPATING ANY
SIGNIFICANT SNOW MELT TO TAKE PLACE ANYTIME WITHIN THE NEXT
10 TO 14 DAYS.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. LIGHT SNOW LIKELY EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN OCCASIONAL FLURRIES EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........7 AT IGNITION...MAX 7.
RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 12 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 13
                    MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2500-46700) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (58600-72500) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-3300 FT AGL
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 30
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....OCNL
WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............6      7      6      2      -4     -10
RH..............72     63     57     56     64     74
20 FT WIND......NW 9   NW 11  NW 12  NW 12  NW 10  NW 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     25     25     20     15
HAINES INDEX....2      2      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN -27.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (0-46100).

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SNOW 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 7.
RH..................MIN 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-25000).

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FORECASTER...BEITLICH
REQUESTED BY...ERIC JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130123.MANON.01/MPX