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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAPIDS SHOP...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
712 AM CDT FRI MAY 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WITH INTERMITTENT BOUTS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION
CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY. BANDS
OF RAIN...MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW...WILL DRIFT NORTH
THIS MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL
RAIN BY MID-AFTERNOON THEN INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS AN UPPER LEVEL
DISTURBANCE DEVELOPS AND REMAINS OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
AND THE PRECIPITATION SHIELD WILL ENVELOP MUCH OF THE AREA BY
THIS EVENING...MAKING THE RAINFALL FAIRLY PERSISTENT GOING INTO
TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STEADY IN THE
UPPER 30S TO NEAR 40 WITH WINDS FROM THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH...
GUSTING TO NEAR 25 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN AND SLEET LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........37 AT IGNITION...MAX 41.
RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (27800-70700).

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....SNOW   SNOW   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............36     37     39     40     40     38
RH..............72     72     70     70     73     85
20 FT WIND......N 12   N 14   N 14   N 12   NE 12  NE 11
20 FT WIND GUST.20     25     25     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....3      2      2      2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SLEET IN THE EVENING. RAIN THROUGH THE
                    NIGHT. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (11300-59200) DECREASING TO POOR
                    (3700-4100) EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN
                    SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 46.
RH..................MIN 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (3700-23200).

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FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...RYAN PETERSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130503.RAPID.01/MPX