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Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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635 FNUS73 KMPX 091234 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Auto Tour...FWS National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 734 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on May 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...A mix of sun and clouds is expected throughout the day today with no precipitation expected. Winds will come from the north at 10-15mph, gusting into the 15-20mph range, with RH values bottoming out around 40 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 69. RH..................62 percent at ignition...Min 40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise North winds 8 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good /33700 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /83000 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 15 to 16 mph. Haines Index........5 or moderate 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.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............60 62 65 66 67 68 68 68 66 63 59 57 RH..............62 60 54 52 49 43 42 40 43 52 60 67 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N NW W W 20 FT wind spd..8 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 5 3 5 20 FT wind gust.14 15 15 16 16 17 16 15 13 10 8 7 Mix hgt (kft)...2.6 3.4 4.7 4.9 5.6 6.3 6.4 5.4 3.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N NW W W Transp wind spd.15 15 15 15 16 15 15 15 10 8 7 8 Haines index....5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent). Temperature.........Min 47. RH..................Max 86 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 9 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming west 5 to 6 mph in the late evening and overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (70700 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2500 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 8 to 15 mph shifting to the west 7 to 12 mph in the late evening and overnight. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Temperature.........Max 71. RH..................Min 31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (56500 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (141700 knot-ft) late in the morning. Mixing height.......8100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 13 to 16 mph increasing to northwest 23 to 30 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Calderone Requested by...Millette Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2413588.0/MPX .DELDT 05/09/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL phil_millette@fws.gov