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SPOT FORECAST FOR COTTONWOOD RIVER SNA...MN DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
850 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0910 CDT ON MAY 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTHWEST WIND DIRECTION AT IGNITITION TIME INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SPEEDS WILL
START OUT AROUND 5 MPH AND INCREASE TO NEAR 9 MPH DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DECREASE TO NEAR 20 PERCENT BY
LATE AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM TO AROUND 60 DEGREES. WINDS WILL
BECOME LIGHT THIS EVENING...BUT THEN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOME GUSTY
BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.
RH..................48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 19 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (7800-51100) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (69300-84400) IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6100-7200 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 10 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 20
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............33     42     51     55     58     59
RH..............69     48     33     26     22     20
20 FT WIND......NW 4   NW 6   NW 6   NW 7   NW 8   NW 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10     15     10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 67 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (12100-60800) DECREASING TO
                    POOR (1000-2400) IN THE LATE EVENING AND
                    OVERNIGHT.

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2600-43600) INCREASING TO FAIR TO
                    EXCELLENT (24000-69300) IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1100-3000 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 14 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 25
                    TO 31 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...BRAD BOLDUAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130512.COTTO.01/MPX