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Spot Forecast for Bradshaw WMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
819 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...For Bradshaw WMA, skies will be mostly sunny today
with a few high clouds moving through from west to east midday.
This will allow highs today to be near 60. Dry conditions are
expected, with relative humidity values forecasted to be in the
low 60s this morning before dropping into the mid-low 30s by the
afternoon. Winds will generally be southeasterly at 5-10 MPH.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........39 at ignition...Max 59.
RH..................64 percent at ignition...Min 34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 5 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 5 to 7
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /12200 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /33300 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 9 mph shifting to the south
                    around 7 mph late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............39  42  46  49  52  55  57  57  59  58  58  54
RH..............64  57  51  48  44  41  38  37  34  34  36  41
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..5   7   6   6   6   6   6   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.10  9   9   8   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.5 1.9 2.6 3.4 4.2 4.7 5.3 5.5 5.4 5.4 3.1 0.5
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.9   9   8   7   6   7   7   7   7   7   8   7
Haines index....3   3   3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........Min 41.
RH..................Max 62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (32200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast 9 to
                    15 mph in the late evening and overnight.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........Max 66.
RH..................Min 32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (88500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 15 to 23 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Dye
Requested by...Jared Clausen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/24/24
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.EMAIL Jared.Clausen@state.mn.us