FNUS73 KMPX 061228
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PEPPERTON...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
728 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD...IT WILL BE ANOTHER MILD DAY. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHT...AND VARY FROM THE N TO NW THIS MORNING...AND THEN BECOME
SOUTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HIGH TEMP TODAY WILL REACH THE MID
60S...WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO NEAR 45 PERCENT BY THIS EVENING.
AFTERNOON HEATING WILL ALSO LEAD TO SOME SPRINKLES OR VERY ISOLATED
SHOWERS DURING THE AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................69 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 1 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-39800).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-5700 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 5 TO
                    9 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............48     55     61     64     66     64
RH..............83     69     60     52     47     46
20 FT WIND......N 4    NW 1   S 2    S 3    S 4    S 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5                    5      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 47.
RH..................MAX 100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72.
RH..................MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...PHIL MILLETTE
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130506.PEPPE.01/MPX