Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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Spot Forecast for Sween WMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
749 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on November 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...Clouds and gusty southeast winds are expected today
with moderate RH. Mixing heights will improve this afternoon with
the mechanical mixing. Rain will begin to move late
afternoon/early evening.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of rain late in
the afternoon.
Temperature.........39 at ignition...Max 46.
RH..................51 percent at ignition...Min 43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 13 mph at
ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 13 to 15
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /10600 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
/27900 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 1500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 16 to 22 mph.
TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky cover.......CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov..... CHC CHC LKY LKY
Weather type.... RN RN RN RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............39 39 41 41 42 42 43 42 40 39 38 37
RH..............51 50 44 46 45 45 43 45 50 57 62 72
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE SE E E E E E E E E
20 FT wind spd..13 13 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 13 13 12
20 FT wind gust.18 20 21 21 22 23 23 23 22 21 20 20
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.5 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.E SE SE E E E E E E E SE E
Transp wind spd.17 20 20 20 20 20 22 20 16 18 17 17
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Slight chance of snow
and light sleet in the evening. Rain through
the night. Snow overnight.
Temperature.........Min 31.
RH..................Max 96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 8 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (15100 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (6100 knot-ft) late in the
night.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 13 to 18 mph.
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Slight chance of
snow early in the morning.
Temperature.........Max 41.
RH..................Min 79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 7 mph becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5300 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to fair (14700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 14 mph.
$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...Louise Spiczka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2526103.0/MPX
.DELDT 11/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL louise.spiczka@state.mn.us