Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN

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Spot Forecast for Costello Piles...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
841 AM CDT Wed Jun 11 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on June 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers are expected today with the morning round moving
out by midday, as a second round favoring southern MN arrives
during the evening. RH should remain above 40 percent, and even
higher should a brief shower occur at any point. Winds will
maintain a northeasterly direction at 5-10mph with limited
gusting.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of showers
                    late in the morning, then slight chance of
                    showers early in the afternoon.
Temperature.........65 at ignition...Max 74.
RH..................60 percent at ignition...Min 43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 6 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 5 to 6
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /11300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /39100 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4000 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest
                    6 to 12 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  MCR PC
Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC SCH
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........
Temp............65  67  69  70  73  73  73  73  72  70  71  68
RH..............60  55  51  47  43  43  44  46  48  51  49  59
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..6   6   6   5   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   3
20 FT wind gust.9   10  10  12  12  12  12  10  10  12  9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.8 2.7 2.7 3.5 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.7 2.5 0.8
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  S   S   SW  SE  E   E
Transp wind spd.10  8   7   8   7   6   6   9   12  8   6   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Areas of smoke
                    after 3 am. Slight chance of rain showers early
                    in the morning.
Temperature.........Min 52.
RH..................Max 89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light, then becoming east 5 to 6 mph
                    after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (25600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2000 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast around 8 mph shifting to the east 6
                    to 9 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers early in the morning, then chance
                    of rain showers in the morning. Rain showers
                    likely in the afternoon. Areas of smoke in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 70.
RH..................Min 58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 6 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (75100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 9 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Hasenstein
Requested by...Jared Culbertson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2515757.0/MPX
.DELDT 06/11/25
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.EMAIL jared_culbertson@fws.gov