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Spot Forecast for St. Croix Prairie Gardens...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
736 AM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on October 29.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Clear skies with northwest winds around 10 mph are
expected today. RH will fall into the moderate range this
afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........43 at ignition...Max 55.
RH..................87 percent at ignition...Min 57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Northwest winds 7 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /6400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /37700 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 20 mph decreasing to around 10
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............43  44  45  48  49  51  52  53  53  52  48  47
RH..............87  85  82  74  71  63  61  57  57  59  68  74
20 FT wind dir..W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   10  10  10  9   9   8   7   3   2
20 FT wind gust.13  15  17  17  17  17  17  16  15  13  9   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.1 1.7 1.9 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.4 2.4 1.6 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.12  15  20  18  18  18  16  15  15  10  7   8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Areas of fog
                    through the night.
Temperature.........Min 35.
RH..................Max 96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1200 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast
                    3 to 6 mph overnight.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning, then areas of fog early in the
                    morning. Patchy fog late in the morning.
Temperature.........Max 57.
RH..................Min 53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east around 5 mph late in
                    the afternoon, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (17700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast 8 to
                    9 mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...Tracy Ronnander
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/29/26
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.EMAIL tracy_ronnander@fws.gov