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SPOT FORECAST FOR SMSC RX BURNS...SMSC - TRIBE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
914 AM CDT SUN APR 28 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0915 CDT ON APRIL 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE THIS MORNING TO 15 TO
20 MPH AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO PUSH IN
EARLY THIS EVENING WITH WINDS BECOMING WESTERLY BEHIND IT.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT.
HUMIDITY SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MODERATE RANGE TODAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 78.
RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO
                    8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (54100-89500).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............63     71     76     78     74     68
RH..............58     49     39     36     43     52
20 FT WIND......S 11   S 14   S 16   SW 14  SW 7   W 4
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     30     25     10     5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (34200-79000) DECREASING TO
                    FAIR (16700-25300) AFTER MIDNIGHT.


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FORECASTER...BORGHOFF
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN KELLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130428.SMSCR.01/MPX