FNUS73 KMPX 161119
FWSMPX

SPOT FORECAST FOR PRAIRIE FLATS SOUTH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
619 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WIND WILL BECOME EAST THIS MORNING BUT SHOULD
REMAIN LESS THAN 10 MPH DURING THE DAY. HIGH CLOUDS WILL INCREASE
DURING THE DAY BUT IT WILL REMAIN DRY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP
BACK TO NEAR 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES WARM THROUGH
THE UPPER 70S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (400-50300) INCREASING TO GOOD
                    (36300-56900) LATE IN THE MORNING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7900-9200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 2 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 6 TO 15 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     67     72     74     77     77
RH..............59     45     38     35     32     32
20 FT WIND......E 3    E 5    E 6    E 6    E 7    E 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 51.
RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2400-48500).

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE
                    MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 63 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3700-53400) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (52600-61500) IN THE AFTERNOON.

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FORECASTER...WFO MPX
REQUESTED BY...RX FIRE SPLST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130516.PRAIR.01/MPX