947 FNUS73 KMPX 022047 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Bradshaw 15...MNDNR Wildlife National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 347 PM CDT Thu May 2 2019 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 03. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Low clouds will continue to scatter out very gradually into the evening hours. Wet ground from rain over the past few days will keep minimum RH values this afternoon between 40-50%. Slightly warmer temperatures are expected on Friday, with rain showers moving in by the evening. West/northwest winds this afternoon at 5-10 mph will shift to southeasterly tonight and increase on Friday. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny. Slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Chance of showers 20 percent. Temperature.........49 at ignition...Max 63. RH..................68 percent at ignition...Min 43 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise South winds 5 to 10 mph. Gusts up to 22 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2200-4100 ft AGL increasing to 4700-5200 ft AGL in the afternoon. Transport winds.....South 10 to 16 mph increasing to 20 to 24 mph late in the afternoon. Mixing winds........South 10 to 16 mph increasing to 20 to 24 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Fair /20400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /57500 knot-ft/ increasing to excellent (70600 knot-ft) early in the afternoon. Haines Index........4 or low at ignition...max 4. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM Temp............49 53 56 57 59 60 62 63 63 62 RH..............68 61 55 53 49 47 44 43 43 46 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 9 9 20 FT wind gust. 10 10 12 13 18 14 13 Mix hgt (kft)...2.2 2.8 3.5 4.1 4.7 4.8 4.9 5.0 5.1 5.2 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.10 10 10 10 12 14 16 20 22 24 Mixing wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S Mixing wind spd.10 10 10 10 12 14 16 20 22 24 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 SDspl kt-ft/100020 26 31 38 47 58 71 85 99 111 $$ Forecaster...SCHMIT Requested by...Shelley Gorham Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 1907984.1/MPX .EMAIL shelley.gorham@state.mn.us