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SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD RIVER SNA...MNDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1032 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1500 CDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHERLY WINDS AT 7 TO 9 MPH WILL BACK TO NORTHWESTERLY THIS AFTERNOON.
MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL TO AROUND 35 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES
RISE INTO THE LOW TO MID 60S. RAIN WILL TO HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE EVENING
AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7
                    MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10400-47000).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5800-5900 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........WEST 6 TO 10 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM   9 PM   11 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                                   SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR
TEMP............58     63     64     63     56     52
RH..............44     35     34     36     53     63
20 FT WIND......N 5    NW 5   NW 5   W 5    SW 5   W 7
20 FT WIND GUST.                                   10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN
                    BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY
                    CLEAR. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE
                    EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. SCATTERED RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30
                    MPH LATE IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1600-48300) INCREASING TO FAIR TO
                    EXCELLENT (19400-62300) AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN
                    DECREASING TO POOR TO FAIR (12100-16200) EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54.
RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 18 TO 23 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35
                    MPH INCREASING TO 40 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (39000) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (96900)
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (166400) EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (204500-239700) IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON DECREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (189400).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8100-9000 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 31 TO 39 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...BRAD BOLDUAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130510.COTTO.01/MPX