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Spot Forecast for Kandi WMA Rx...Minnesota DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
503 AM CDT Thu May 9 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Northeast winds 10-15 mph are expected today with
RH dropping into the 30s this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........53 at ignition...Max 66.
RH..................71 percent at ignition...Min 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 13 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 13 to 14
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /20600 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /115600 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 7200 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 17 to 21 mph shifting to the north
                    late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth at ignition...max 4.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............53  56  59  62  65  65  66  66  66  65  64  61
RH..............71  66  62  54  43  40  37  36  36  37  40  44
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..13  13  13  14  14  14  14  14  13  10  9   6
20 FT wind gust.21  20  20  20  20  20  18  18  17  16  14  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.7 2.6 4.2 5.8 6.7 7.2 7.1 7.2 7.1 5.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   NE
Transp wind spd.18  18  20  21  18  18  18  17  16  16  12  7
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........Min 45.
RH..................Max 82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 6 to 10 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 6 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (98900 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 16 mph shifting to the southwest 9
                    to 10 mph after 3 am.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Scattered rain
                    showers in the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 70.
RH..................Min 32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 9 to 17 mph late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 18 to 21 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (58400 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (128500
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 10 mph shifting to the west 10
                    to 16 mph late in the morning, then increasing
                    to northwest 24 to 31 mph late in the morning.
Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large
                    plume dominated fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...Area Wildlife Supervisor
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 05/09/24
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.EMAIL cory.netland@state.mn.us