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Spot Forecast for Sioux Nation WMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1024 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on May 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION... For Sioux Nation WMA, south winds around 7-10 mph
at ignition with an uptick to 10-15 mph by mid afternoon. Transport
winds remain southerly 12-17 mph and skies will be mostly clear
through the evening hours.

.REST OF TODAY...

RH..................51 percent at ignition...Min 37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 9 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    South winds 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /39800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /83400 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5700 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....South 12 to 17 mph.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth at ignition...max 3.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P
RH..............51  47  44  41  40  37  38  37  41  48  57  66
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..9   9   10  12  13  14  14  16  14  13  12  13
20 FT wind gust.12  13  14  16  17  18  18  18  18  20  18  18
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 4.6 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.7 5.6 4.6 2.7 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  12  13  14  16  16  17  18  18  15  15  17
Haines index....3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3

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Forecaster...Hewett
Requested by...Troy Dale
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413198.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/05/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL troy.dale@state.mn.us