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Spot Forecast for Lac qui Parle State Park...MNDNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
827 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...For Lac qui Parle State Park, skies will be
mostly sunny today with a few high clouds moving through from
west to east midday. This will allow highs today to be in the mid
to upper 60s. Dry conditions are expected, with relative humidity
values forecasted to be in 60s this morning before dropping into
the mid 20s by the afternoon. Winds will be light and southerly at
5-10 MPH.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........44 at ignition...Max 67.
RH..................63 percent at ignition...Min 23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 5 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /9900 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /66600 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 7400 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 10 mph.
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.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............44  50  54  58  61  63  65  66  67  67  66  63
RH..............63  56  46  37  31  26  25  24  23  23  24  30
20 FT wind dir..SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   6   6   7   7   7   8   8   7   7
20 FT wind gust.9   9   9   8   8   9   10  10  10  10  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.7 3.5 5.0 5.8 6.5 6.7 7.4 7.4 7.5 5.8 0.6
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.10  9   8   7   7   8   8   10  10  12  13  10
Haines index....4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Temperature.........Min 48.
RH..................Max 58 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (74900 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (5100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 10 to 17 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
Temperature.........Max 71.
RH..................Min 32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 12 to 21 mph shifting to the
                    south around 22 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (89100 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (118900
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 17 to 24 mph shifting to the south 28
                    to 31 mph late in the morning.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
                    fire growth.

$$
Forecaster...Dye
Requested by...Terri Dinesen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2412254.0/MPX
.DELDT 04/24/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL terri.dinesen@state.mn.us
National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
