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SPOT FORECAST FOR LEIF MOUNTAIN  NORTH...THE NATURE CONSERVANCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
723 AM CDT WED JUN 12 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0735 CDT ON JUNE 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID-MORNING THEN
POSSIBLY A BREAK MID-DAY BEFORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS
RETURN FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO AN UPPER
LEVEL IMPULSE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ADDITIONAL
WETTING RAINS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. A DRY AND WARM DAY
IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2600-50700) INCREASING TO GOOD TO
                    EXCELLENT (54000-94700) IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
TEMP............61     65     70     74     74     75
RH..............78     73     61     52     50     48
20 FT WIND......NE 6   NE 7   NE 6   N 6    N 8    N 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     15     15
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT (60400-93100) DECREASING TO POOR TO
                    GOOD (2000-37500) EARLY IN THE EVENING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 77.
RH..................MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH
                    LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2200-54500).

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FORECASTER...JCA
REQUESTED BY...CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130612.LEIFM.01/MPX