FNUS73 KMPX 071410
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR COSMOS...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
910 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SLOWLY INCREASING PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL LEAD TO
A GRADUAL INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY WINDS TODAY...WITH FAIRLY
PERSISTENT 5 TO 8 MPH WINDS EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON. MIN RH
VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 30S. ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANCES
FOR RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........70 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-38500) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (50500-86200) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7800-9000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 2 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 13 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............60     70     72     74     74     71
RH..............62     44     39     37     37     42
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 5    S 5    S 6    S 6    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5                    10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      3      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    UNTIL EARLY MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (15600-62700) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (500-1500) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...JERRID CULBERTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED