FNUS73 KMPX 062250
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LAKE MARIA SP...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
550 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WILL TRY TO SEND UPDATED FORECAST AROUND 6AM TUESDAY MORNING.
OTHERWISE...SHOULD HAVE STRONGER WINDS ON TUESDAY WITH A SOUTHERLY
DIRECTION THROUGHOUT. MORNING DEW WILL QUICKLY BURN OFF BY IGNITION
TIME...WITH RH VALUES IN THE MID 50S DECREASING INTO THE LOWER 40S
BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH
A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BY THE LATE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 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 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (200-48600) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (63600-75900) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6900-7900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 1 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO 14 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............54     64     68     71     72     71
RH..............74     54     47     42     42     46
20 FT WIND......SE 1   S 3    S 5    S 6    S 6    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       5             10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      3      4      4      4      4

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE
                    OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52.
RH..................MAX 95 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...BEITLICH
REQUESTED BY...VIRGINIA BLAKESLEY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130507.LAKEM.01/MPX