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SPOT FORECAST FOR UNCAS DUNES...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
734 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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 45.
RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (50000-99600).

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............37     39     43     45     45     42
RH..............56     50     41     40     41     48
20 FT WIND......N 9    N 11   N 11   N 10   N 9    N 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     20     15     15     15
HAINES INDEX....3      2      2      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.

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FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...RUSS SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130502.UNCAS.01/MPX