FNUS73 KMPX 291410
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR SMSC PRAIRIE RX BURNS...SMSC - TRIBE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
910 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WEAK HIGH PRESSURE IN PLACE TODAY. EAST NORTHEAST WINDS AT IGNITION TIME
WILL BECOME SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL
WARM INTO THE LOWER 70S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO NEAR 40
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 70.
RH..................57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY
                    IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (17100-34200).

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............54     58     64     69     70     68
RH..............60     57     48     42     42     47
20 FT WIND......NE 4   NE 5   E 4    SE 4   SE 5   SE 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5             5      5
HAINES INDEX....4      5      5      4      4      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (9600-40400).

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FORECASTER...BORGHOFF
REQUESTED BY...SHAWN KELLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130429.SMSCP.01/MPX