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Spot Forecast for Horseshoe AMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
905 AM CDT Sat May 2 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 02.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

For the Horseshoe AMA burn, sunny skies are expected today with
fair weather clouds by this afternoon. Temperatures will be rising
through the 40s by ignition with RH in the 40s, with highs today
in the mid to upper 60s and RH falling to around 30 percent. Winds
will maintain a consistent westerly direction, increasing from
5mph this morning to 5-10mph this afternoon with limited gusting
to 20mph. Winds off the surface increase to 15-20mph and maintain
the westerly direction.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent) then becoming partly
                    sunny (50-60 percent).
Temperature.........49 at ignition...Max 64.
RH..................48 percent at ignition...Min 29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 7 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    West winds 7 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /37800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /107500 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West 14 to 20 mph.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
Sky cover.......CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............49  52  55  58  59  61  63  63  64  62  61  57
RH..............48  39  34  30  30  29  30  31  30  33  35  42
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   8   9   10  10  12  12  12  10  10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.13  15  16  16  17  18  18  18  18  18  17  17
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 5.0 5.2 5.4 5.7 6.1 6.5 6.3 4.8 1.3 0.8 0.7
Transp wind dir.W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.14  16  16  15  16  17  18  20  20  15  15  17

$$
Forecaster...Hasenstein
Requested by...Braidey Johnson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612506.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/02/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL braidey.johnson@state.mn.us