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Spot Forecast for Santer WMA...MnDNR - Wildlife
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
500 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 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...Northeast winds around 10 mph are expected today
with RH dropping into the 30s this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 66.
RH..................49 percent at ignition...Min 37 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 10 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 9 to 10
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /41500 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /91500 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 7000 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 14 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume
                    dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............60  62  63  64  65  65  65  63  61  57  55  53
RH..............49  44  43  40  38  38  37  39  44  51  57  61
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   NE  E   SE  S
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  10  9   9   8   6   5   3   2   3
20 FT wind gust.16  16  16  15  15  14  14  12  8   7   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 5.1 6.2 6.8 6.8 7.0 6.3 3.1 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  E   SE  S
Transp wind spd.14  14  14  14  14  15  13  9   5   6   5   7
Haines index....5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...Beau Liddell
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413486.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/09/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL beaulin.liddell@state.mn.us