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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOUGHDAHL...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
620 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 4 TO 7 MPH SPEEDS EXPECTED BY THE AFTERNOON. MIN RH
VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE 30S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (700-39900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (51400-73900) LATE IN THE MORNING.

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............57     66     71     73     74     71
RH..............63     48     39     37     35     39
20 FT WIND......SE 3   S 4    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5
HAINES INDEX....5      4      3      3      4      4

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 49.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1100-42200).

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70.
RH..................MIN 49 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-44400).

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FORECASTER...BORGHOFF
REQUESTED BY...RX FIRE SPLST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130507.HOUGH.01/MPX