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SPOT FORECAST FOR EDWARDS PILE...U.S. FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
734 AM CDT THU JUL 18 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON JULY 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AND INCREASE THIS
MORNING...WITH SPEEDS OF 15 MPH GUSTING TO 25 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE INTO THE LOWER 90S THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER 50S. SHOWER AND
THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON
AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........80 AT IGNITION...MAX 92.
RH..................72 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3000-31300) INCREASING TO
                    EXCELLENT (102500-114900).
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4600-5500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 16 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 30
                    MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............73     80     86     89     91     92
RH..............84     72     61     56     52     51
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 9    SW 12  SW 14  SW 15  SW 14
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     20     25     30     25
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 68.
RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81.
RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

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FORECASTER...SCHMIT
REQUESTED BY...SETH GRIMM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130718.EDWAR.01/MPX