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Spot Forecast for Osceola Glades Pile Burn...OTHER
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
535 AM CDT Tue Mar 26 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on March 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Wet and breezy today, with northwest winds gusting up to 20 mph at
ignition. Widespread early morning rain will likely be changing
over to a wintry mix around ignition time, with a continued
transition to snow through late morning. 2-4" of snow accumulation
possible. Winds turn more westerly by late afternoon, with gusts
up to 30 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (95-100 percent). Snow in the late
                    morning and early afternoon. Snow likely late
                    in the afternoon, then chance of snow late in
                    the afternoon. Patchy blowing snow late in the
                    afternoon.
Temperature.........27 at ignition...Max 31.
RH..................100 percent at ignition...Min 78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 15 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Northwest winds 15 to 17 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /28600 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /61000 knot-ft/.

TIME (CDT)      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.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............27  28  27  26  26  28  24  25  26  22  21  20
RH..............100 92  88  87  89  78  90  86  79  87  86  93
20 FT wind dir..N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..15  16  16  15  16  17  16  17  15  16  14  14
20 FT wind gust.24  25  25  24  24  25  26  25  24  24  22  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of snow
                    early in the evening.
Temperature.........Min 13.
RH..................Max 93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (56700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to fair (14400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Temperature.........Max 27.
RH..................Min 65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 15 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (12900 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (78500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Strus
Requested by...Allissa Reynolds
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2408443.0/MPX
.DELDT 03/26/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL allissa_reynoldss@nps.gov


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