578 FNUS73 KMPX 291331 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Wood Lake...U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 831 AM CDT Sat Apr 29 2017 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 29. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION...It will be dry today with high level cloudiness over the burn site. Winds will be from the NE at 10-15 mph. Afternoon minimum humidity will lower to around 45 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Temperature.........39 at ignition...Max 50. RH..................70 percent at ignition...Min 46 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise Northeast winds 8 to 13 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2400-4200 ft AGL increasing to 4600-4900 ft AGL early in the afternoon. Transport winds.....Northeast 20 to 28 mph. Mixing winds........Northeast 20 to 28 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good /40500 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /84000 knot-ft/ increasing to excellent (92300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low at ignition...max 3. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM Temp............39 42 44 46 47 48 49 50 50 50 RH..............70 64 59 54 51 49 48 46 47 47 20 FT wind dir..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind spd..8 9 10 11 12 12 13 13 13 11 20 FT wind gust.15 15 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 20 Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.9 4.9 4.8 Transp wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E NE Transp wind spd.20 22 24 26 28 28 26 25 24 24 Mixing wind dir.NE NE NE NE NE NE E E E NE Mixing wind spd.20 22 24 26 28 28 26 25 24 24 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100041 61 72 84 93 102 106 109 102 100 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy. Chance of rain showers late in the evening. Rain showers likely early in the morning. Chance of showers 60 percent. Temperature.........Min 38. RH..................Max 81 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 12 mph. Gusts up to 25 mph early in the morning. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM Temp............48 46 44 42 41 39 RH..............49 55 60 65 67 76 20 ft wind......NE 11 NE 9 NE 9 NE 9 NE 9 NE 11 20 ft wind gust.20 15 15 15 15 20 .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy. Rain through the day. Slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 90 percent. Temperature.........Max 42. RH..................Min 73 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 12 to 17 mph with gusts to around 30 mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the afternoon. Mixing height.......1500-2600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 26 to 35 mph increasing to 37 to 45 mph early in the afternoon. Mixing winds........Northeast 26 to 35 mph increasing to 37 to 45 mph early in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Good to excellent (33700-82200 knot-ft) increasing to excellent (88000 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Haines Index........2 or very low. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM Temp............38 39 39 39 41 42 RH..............79 79 79 82 81 79 20 ft wind......NE 13 NE 15 NE 17 NE 17 NE 17 NE 17 20 ft wind gust.25 30 30 30 30 30 Mix hgt (ft)....1500 1700 1700 1700 2300 2600 Transport wind..NE 26 NE 30 NE 31 NE 32 NE 37 NE 43 Mixing wind.....NE 26 NE 30 NE 31 NE 32 NE 37 NE 43 Haines index....2 2 2 2 2 2 SDspl kt-ft/100035 51 58 54 82 106 $$ Forecaster...SCHMIT Requested by...Eric Earhart Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 1708011.0/MPX .EMAIL eric_earhart@fws.gov