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Spot Forecast for Meine Prairie Bank...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1023 AM CDT Mon May 11 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 11.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...For the Meine Prairie Bank Burn, mostly sunny skies are
expected today with temperatures in the mid 50s and RH in the
mid 30s percent at ignition time. Temperatures reach the lower 70s
this afternoon as RH falls to around 20 percent. Winds will favor a
southerly direction at 5-10mph with gusts 8-12mph at ignition time.
Winds will increase through the afternoon as a front approaches,
becoming 10-15mph from about 3pm onward with gusts 20-25mph by late
afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........55 at ignition...Max 73.
RH..................34 percent at ignition...Min 20 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming southeast 6 to 14 mph late
                    in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /14700 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /76600 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......2100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4800 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 16 mph increasing to around 18 mph
                    late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............55  59  63  65  67  70  71  72  73  72  69  65
RH..............34  29  24  24  23  22  21  21  20  24  27  33
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SE  SE  S   S   S   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..3   6   8   9   10  12  13  14  16  15  16  18
20 FT wind gust.8   10  13  14  16  17  20  21  24  23  24  26
Mix hgt (kft)...2.1 3.3 3.5 4.2 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.8 4.8 2.4 0.7 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.8   8   10  12  13  14  16  18  23  21  16  18

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
Temperature.........Min 55.
RH..................Max 59 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 15 to 20 mph shifting to the
                    southwest 18 to 20 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (96100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (10000 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 16 to 24 mph shifting to the southwest
                    around 20 mph early in the morning.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    sunny (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........Max 74.
RH..................Min 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Windy. West winds 16 to 18 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 21 to 30 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (91900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (244700
                    knot-ft).
Mixing height.......8600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 18 to 24 mph increasing to northwest 29 to
                    37 mph in the late morning and afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Calderone
Requested by...Brad Bolduan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613367.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/11/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL brad.bolduan@state.mn.us