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SPOT FORECAST FOR PRAIRIE ISLAND BURNS...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
954 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...
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH WILL GRADUALLY BACK TO NORTHWESTERLY
BY THIS EVENING...AND THEN BECOME WESTERLY BY SUNSET. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S AS TEMPERATURES RISE
INTO THE LOWER 60S. RAIN WILL TO HOLD OFF UNTIL LATE EVENING AS A
COLD FRONT APPROACHES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 64.
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH
                    5 TO 6 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING
                    LIGHT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (12600-25200).
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-5600 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 3 TO
                    6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM   7 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............44     52     59     62     63     60
RH..............62     46     37     33     31     36
20 FT WIND......NE 5   NE 5   NE 5   N 4    NW 5   W 4
20 FT WIND GUST.                     5             5
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR. NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 13 TO 18 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-23500) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (50000-71700) AFTER MIDNIGHT.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...DAVE PERGOLSKI
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130510.PRAIR.01/MPX