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Spot Forecast for Tewksbury piles (2)...nps
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
546 AM CST Sat Jan 31 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on January 31.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Calm winds this morning will become south around 5 mph
this afternoon. Poor smoke dispersal is expected throughout the
day with shallow mixing heights.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........-5 at ignition...Max 17.
RH..................82 percent at ignition...Min 56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 1 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming south
                    5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /1100 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
                    /11800 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 1300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 3 to 12 mph shifting to the south
                    around 12 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
Sky cover.......PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............-5     5      12     16     17     11
RH..............82     65     60     58     61     76
20 ft wind......SW 1   S 3    S 3    S 6    S 7    S 7
20 ft wind gust.3      5      8      10     12     13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4    0.7    1.1    1.2    1.1    0.5
Transport wind..SW 3   SW 6   S 7    S 9    S 12   S 13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Snow overnight.
Temperature.........Min 10.
RH..................Max 88 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 7 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17000 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (5500 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 20 mph.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Snow early in
                    the morning, then snow likely in the late
                    morning and early afternoon. Slight chance of
                    snow late in the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 27.
RH..................Min 73 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 8 to 12 mph shifting to the west 7
                    to 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (23200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 13 to 21 mph shifting to the northwest 12
                    to 14 mph late in the afternoon.

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Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...scott weyenberg
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/31/26
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.EMAIL scott_weyenberg@nps.gov