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SPOT FORECAST FOR RAPIDS SHOP...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
607 AM CDT FRI MAY 10 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST BY
LATE AFTERNOON. MODERATE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED 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.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
RH..................44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (9500-29200).

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............54     59     62     61     57     50
RH..............50     44     41     44     53     71
20 FT WIND......NE 5   N 3    NW 3   W 4    SW 5   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      5      5
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. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2000-36600).

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 51.
RH..................MIN 34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35
                    MPH INCREASING TO 40 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...BORGHOFF
REQUESTED BY...RYAN PETERSEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130510.RAPID.01/MPX