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SPOT FORECAST FOR NEY...MNDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
819 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MAY 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SURFACE RIDGE NORTH OF THE CANADIAN BORDER...AND A DEVELOPING
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ACROSS THE PLAINS WILL AID IN THE EAST
TO EAST-SOUTHEAST FLOW BY THE AFTERNOON...WITH A SLIGHT INCREASE
IN WIND SPEED BY MID AFTERNOON. RAINFALL WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER
8 PM.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........81 AT IGNITION...MAX 83.
RH..................29 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (900-49400).

TIME (CDT)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM   8 PM   10 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                            S CHC  CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............76     81     83     82     75     66
RH..............36     29     26     29     38     50
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 5    E 6    E 7    E 7    E 7
20 FT WIND GUST.              10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN 80
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO EXCELLENT (34100-62900) DECREASING TO
                    POOR TO GOOD (4900-32100) IN THE LATE EVENING
                    AND OVERNIGHT.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74.
RH..................MIN 55 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW TO OR LOW.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO GOOD (27900-35400).

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FORECASTER...TAGGART
REQUESTED BY...TIM KOPPELMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130516.NEY__.01/MPX