FNUS73 KMPX 061234 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR ST CROIX SNA...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 734 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 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 NE. THE HIGH TEMP TODAY WILL REACH TO AROUND 70 DEGREES...WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING TO NEAR 45 PERCENT BY THIS EVENING. AFTERNOON HEATING WILL ALSO LEAD TO SOME ISOLATED SPRINKLES DURING THE AFTERNOON...MOSTLY WEST OF THE IGNITION SITE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (900-13100). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-6500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 1 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 1 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 62 67 69 70 66 RH..............62 58 52 49 47 54 20 FT WIND......N 4 N 4 NE 4 NE 2 E 1 SE 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73. RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. $$ FORECASTER...SCHMIT REQUESTED BY...RUSS SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130506.STCRO.01/MPX