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Spot Forecast for Bill Freeman WMA Rx Burn...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
837 AM CDT Tue May 28 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on May 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Mostly sunny today with north winds around 15 mph,
gusting to 20-25 mph. RH will bottom out around 45 percent late
this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Temperature.........59 at ignition...Max 64.
RH..................69 percent at ignition...Min 46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 15 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    North winds 15 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /72800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /104700 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 20 to 23 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth at ignition...max 4.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............59  61  62  63  63  64  63  63  62  61  57  55
RH..............69  62  56  52  52  46  50  48  50  53  62  69
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..15  16  16  17  17  16  16  14  13  10  8   6
20 FT wind gust.21  22  23  23  23  23  22  21  20  16  13  10
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 4.7 5.2 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.3 4.8 4.0 2.9 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.21  22  23  22  21  20  20  18  17  16  12  12
Haines index....4   4   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........Min 44.
RH..................Max 96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 14 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (76800 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2200 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 18 mph shifting to the northeast 7
                    to 8 mph overnight.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........Max 71.
RH..................Min 44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 14 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (88600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 7 to 10 mph increasing to south around 20
                    mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...Nicholas Snavely
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/28/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Nicholas.Snavely@state.mn.us