FNUS73 KMPX 061328 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH POINT...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 828 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING THE WEATHER WITH LIGHT WINDS. A WEAK WEATHER DISTURBANCE OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS IS GENERATING SOME MID CLOUDS AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED SHOWER INTO THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE UPPER 60S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DECREASING TO 49% THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. RH..................57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 1 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (400-19800). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-5700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 1 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TEMP............57 62 65 67 65 60 RH..............64 57 54 50 52 62 20 FT WIND......N 2 NW 1 S 1 S 2 S 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73. RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...WFO MPX REQUESTED BY...TERRI DINESEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130506.NORTH.01/MPX