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Spot Forecast for Pool 9...MNDNR-FAW
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
321 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 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...Light and variable winds and sunny skies continue
through this evening. RH values are around 30-35%. For tomorrow,
winds increase by late morning out of the southeast with gusts of
20-25kts. RH values will be similar to today with min RHs in the
30s.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........57 at ignition...Max 58.
RH..................38 percent at ignition...Min 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    South winds around 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /33000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /33000 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth at ignition...max 4.

TIME (CDT)      4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............57  58  58  58  54  50  47  46  45  44  42  41
RH..............38  36  36  38  41  49  55  56  56  56  58  60
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   6   6   6   6   7   8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   9   9   9   9   12  13  15  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 5.5 5.3 3.9 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   8   9   12  13  13  14  13
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........Min 38.
RH..................Max 65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (31600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2800 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 7 mph increasing to 7 to 14 mph
                    early in the evening.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........Max 65.
RH..................Min 37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (98600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 22 mph.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Dye
Requested by...Kevin Berens
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412334.0/MPX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL kevin.berens@state.mn.us
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
