FNUS73 KMPX 071203
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CRANE MEADOWS HQ...U.S. FWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
703 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-47500) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (61200-85700) IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............54     64     68     70     73     71
RH..............71     54     43     41     37     39
20 FT WIND......SE 2   S 3    S 5    S 6    S 6    S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.       5             10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....3      3      4      4      4      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (15800-60500) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (1100-1500) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67.
RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR MODERATE.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-39900).

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FORECASTER...BORGHOFF
REQUESTED BY...ROBERT BENGSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130507.CRANE.01/MPX