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SPOT FORECAST FOR BU 8 EAST...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
725 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MEANDER OVER THE
REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...BUT THE MAIN BANDS OF PRECIPITATION WILL
REMAIN WELL TO THE W OVER FAR SE MN AND WESTERN WI. A MIX OF SUN
AND CLOUDS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY BUT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN
GENERALLY COOL AND RELATIVELY MOIST. WINDS WILL REMAIN GENERALLY
OUT OF THE N BUT MAY VARY BETWEEN N AND NW WITH SPEEDS IN THE
10-15 MPH RANGE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........39 AT IGNITION...MAX 46.
RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (38500-85000) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (87300-102300) IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............36     39     43     45     46     44
RH..............61     50     41     38     37     41
20 FT WIND......N 9    N 10   N 11   N 11   N 11   N 10
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     20     20     20     15
HAINES INDEX....3      3      2      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (67200-102300) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    GOOD (5900-35500) EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 45.
RH..................MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (33800-81800) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (75100-86400) LATE IN THE MORNING.

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FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT BENGSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130502.BU8EA.01/MPX