FNUS73 KMPX 101214 FWSMPX SPOT FORECAST FOR GILBERTS...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 714 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CHILLY START TO THE MORNING BUT YOU SHOULD WARM NICELY AT THE BURN SITE WITH CLOUD FREE SKIES. THE WIND WILL BE A BIT STRONGER THIS MORNING THAN DURING THE AFTERNOON. IN GENERAL WE DO EXPECT TO MAINTAIN THE NORTH-NORTHEAST COMPONENT TO THE WIND THROUGH THE MORNING. HOWEVER...AS THE WIND BECOMES A TAD LIGHTER BY THE AFTERNOON...WE COULD SEE A LITTLE MORE VARIABILITY AND MORE OF A SLIGHT SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION THE WIND IS NEAR CALM AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (10400-54700). MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-5900 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........EAST 7 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST 6 TO 13 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 51 57 61 63 62 RH..............60 50 45 39 38 43 20 FT WIND......NE 6 E 4 NE 2 NW 3 W 5 W 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40. RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (15500-56400) DECREASING TO POOR TO GOOD (1700-40500) LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO FAIR TO GOOD (16800-57400) AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3600-5300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-2200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 26 TO 35 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52. RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH INCREASING TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (75400) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (197800-238200). MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8100-9300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 32 TO 38 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...FRANKS REQUESTED BY...KRIS LARSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130510.GILBE.01/MPX