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Spot Forecast for Venus WMA Rx Burn...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
607 AM CDT Fri May 29 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 29.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Clouds will steadily increase today, with mostly
cloudy skies likely by this afternoon. Still warm and relatively
dry with highs close to 90 and RH values bottoming out near 30
percent. Small chance of a shower is present this afternoon,
roughly in the 2pm-6pm timeframe. Winds to remain generally out
of the south-southeast, with sustained speeds increasing to near
15mph with gusts near 20mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers late in the afternoon. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Temperature.........75 at ignition...Max 90.
RH..................55 percent at ignition...Min 31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    South winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /10100 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /90400 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 8200 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 14 mph.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY
Weather cov.....                    SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Weather type....                    RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH
Temp............75  79  81  84  84  85  85  84  84  83  81  79
RH..............55  47  44  38  36  36  35  33  33  34  38  42
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   SE  SE  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   9   10  12  13  13  12  12  10  9
20 FT wind gust.13  13  14  15  16  17  18  18  18  17  16  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.9 4.2 6.7 8.1 8.2 7.3 7.0 6.7 5.6 3.9 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   SE  S   SE
Transp wind spd.10  9   8   10  12  13  14  14  14  14  13  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
Temperature.........Min 63.
RH..................Max 70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 12 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (67500 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3300 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 9 to 14 mph.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (80-90 percent).
Temperature.........Max 84.
RH..................Min 34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 9 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to
                    21 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (83700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (77300
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 21 mph increasing to 22 to 25
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Calderone
Requested by...Nicholas Snavely
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614617.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/29/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Nicholas.Snavely@state.mn.us