FNUS73 KMPX 061714 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR SWEDE FOREST 27 PB...MN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1214 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1430 CDT ON MAY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WEAK UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SPREADING SOME CLOUDS AND A SMALL CHANCE OF SHOWERS BY LATE AFTERNOON. HIGHS WILL WARM INTO THE MOD 60S WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING TO NEAR 49% THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (900-19200). MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-5500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 1 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TEMP............60 62 66 66 64 58 RH..............58 54 47 50 48 55 20 FT WIND......NW 2 W 2 SW 3 SW 2 S 2 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (700-15100). $$ FORECASTER...WFO MPX REQUESTED BY...BRAD BOLDUAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130506.SWEDE.01/MPX