FNUS73 KMPX 061333
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR VERMILLION HIGHLANDS WMA...MN DNR WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
833 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATING THE WEATHER TODAY WITH LIGHT WINDS
AND DRY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE LOWER 70S THIS
AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DECREASING TO 47% BY LATE
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................71 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-14800).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5700-7400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........EAST AROUND 8 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     54     62     68     70     71
RH..............77     71     55     51     49     47
20 FT WIND......N 1    N 3    N 2    NE 4   NE 2   E 2
20 FT WIND GUST.       5             5
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (400-13500).

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...TIM PHARIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130506.VERMI.01/MPX