FNUS73 KMPX 071355
FWSMPX

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

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 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.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 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 (900-42900) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (54600-78800) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7200-9100 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH.

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............55     65     68     73     74     70
RH..............72     50     45     37     35     41
20 FT WIND......SE 3   S 5    S 6    S 6    S 6    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.              10      10     10
10 HAINES INDEX....4    4      4      5      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 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1300-48500).

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130507.SMSCR.01/MPX