FNUS73 KMPX 031246
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR STORLEY UNIT...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
746 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...CLOUDY WITH PREDOMINANTLY LIGHT RAIN DEVELOPING BY THE
MIDDLE PORTION OF THE DAY. PRECIPITATION COULD POSSIBLY BE MIXED WITH
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AT THE START AS BANDS OF PRECIPITATION DRIFT
NORTH THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. 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 SLOWLY RISE TO THE MID 40S
WITH WINDS FROM THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 25 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 45.
RH..................48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (13800-59400) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (67700-80300) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............37     41     44     44     44     41
RH..............56     48     47     49     53     65
20 FT WIND......N 11   N 12   N 14   N 12   NE 11  NE 9
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     20     20     20     15
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN RAIN
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 80 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 92 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (20400-63700) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (11900) EARLY IN THE MORNING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 45.
RH..................MIN 73 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (4100-27900).

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FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...BENGSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130503.STORL.01/MPX