Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
881 FNUS73 KMPX 250905 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Tyrone Pine Ridge Barrens...WI DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 405 AM CDT Thu Apr 25 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...For the Tyrone Pine Ridge Barrens, skies will be mostly sunny today with a few high clouds moving through from southwest to northeast this afternoon. This will allow highs today to be in the low to mid 60s. Dry conditions are expected, with relative humidity values forecasted to be in the 40s this morning before dropping into the mid-low 30s by the afternoon. South- southeasterly winds will gradually increase throughout the day, reaching 13-18 mph sustained by this evening. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent). Temperature.........56 at ignition...Max 64. RH..................45 percent at ignition...Min 31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 10 mph at ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 10 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good /33200 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /78000 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5200 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 15 to 18 mph. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P Sky cover.......CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............56 58 61 63 63 63 64 63 62 59 54 52 RH..............45 40 35 32 32 32 31 31 33 36 45 46 20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..10 12 13 13 13 13 14 13 13 12 13 13 20 FT wind gust.17 17 18 18 20 20 20 21 20 20 22 23 Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 4.0 4.9 5.1 5.2 4.9 4.8 4.4 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE Transp wind spd.15 15 16 16 17 17 18 20 16 16 15 16 Haines index....4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Slight chance of rain showers after 3 am. Temperature.........Min 43. RH..................Max 70 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 12 to 16 mph with gusts to around 28 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (75200 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (6900 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 20 mph. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Rain showers likely in the morning, then rain showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Temperature.........Max 58. RH..................Min 59 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 17 to 21 mph with gusts to around 36 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (80500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 18 to 25 mph increasing to 26 to 33 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Dettmann Requested by...Andrew Ciurro Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412301.0/MPX .DELDT 04/25/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL andrew.ciurro@wisconsin.gov