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Spot Forecast for Swan Lake Nicollet Bay...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
818 AM CDT Sun May 5 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 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 Swan Lake Nicollet Bay, Light & calm winds at ignition become
southerly by 10am at 5 to 8 mph. There could be a touch of a SW component
at ignition by winds turn predominantly S by late morning.
RH values will drop below 40% this afternoon as temperatures warm up
quickly with mostly clear skies forecast throughout the day. Transport
winds will be between 9-13mph out of the south.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Temperature.........47 at ignition...Max 69.
RH..................83 percent at ignition...Min 34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 3 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming south
                    5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /3300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /58500 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south 9 to
                    12 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............47  53  57  61  61  64  65  67  68  67  67  64
RH..............83  66  57  48  44  38  38  36  34  36  37  43
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   5   6   6   8   8   9   8   8   7
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   9   9   13  13  14  13  13  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 2.2 4.9 5.5 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.1 5.9 5.1 2.6 0.5
Transp wind dir.W   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   8   9   9   9   10  12  13  12  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).

$$
Forecaster...Hewett
Requested by...Braidey Johnson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413187.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/05/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL braidey.johnson@state.mn.us