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Spot Forecast for Rooney Run WMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
949 AM CDT Wed Oct 7 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on October 07.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Temperatures near 60 at ignition will warm into the
low to mid 70s this afternoon. Favorable mixing setup will
support minimum RH`s falling to between 25-30 percent this
afternoon. Northwesterly winds become breezy by late morning, with
peak gusts forecast to approach 20mph later today.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........60 at ignition...Max 73.
RH..................58 percent at ignition...Min 25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 9 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 8 to 12
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /6400 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /91900 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 18 mph increasing to 17 to 20
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  MCR MCR PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............60  64  67  71  72  73  73  73  70  66  63  61
RH..............58  49  42  35  30  28  27  29  35  42  46  49
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..9   8   8   9   10  12  12  10  8   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.12  12  13  14  15  16  17  17  15  14  14  15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 2.1 3.0 3.9 4.9 5.4 4.2 1.2 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
Transp wind spd.10  12  13  16  18  20  20  17  13  12  13  13

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Temperature.........Min 48.
RH..................Max 68 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3300 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 13 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Temperature.........Max 68.
RH..................Min 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (32100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 8 mph shifting to the southwest
                    8 to 9 mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Strus
Requested by...Chad August
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2623320.0/MPX
.DELDT 10/07/26
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.EMAIL chad.august@state.mn.us