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Spot Forecast for Prescott WPA...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
442 AM CDT Sat Apr 19 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
A cool morning with temperatures right around freezing will warm
into the mid 50s by this afternoon. This will bring RH values
down into the 30s this afternoon. Some high clouds this morning,
but overall sunny today. Winds should remain from the northwest
light this morning and increasing to around 10 mph by the
afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........32 at ignition...Max 55.
RH..................82 percent at ignition...Min 32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 6 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 6 to 10
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /4200 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /90800 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 17 mph.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............32  34  37  41  44  46  49  51  52  54  54  55
RH..............82  78  70  59  49  47  40  36  35  32  32  32
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..6   6   8   8   8   10  10  9   8   7   7   6
20 FT wind gust.12  12  13  14  15  15  16  14  14  13  12  9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 1.0 1.6 2.8 4.5 5.6 6.2 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W   NW  NW  W
Transp wind spd.12  14  15  16  17  16  16  16  14  13  12  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........Min 35.
RH..................Max 75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    north around 5 mph early in the evening, then
                    shifting to the southeast 6 to 7 mph early in
                    the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (59100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3000 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast 6 to
                    15 mph early in the evening.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers early in the afternoon. Rain showers
                    late in the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 57.
RH..................Min 43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    east around 14 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (62900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 20 mph shifting to the east 21
                    to 23 mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Carletta
Requested by...Ryan Williams
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511022.0/MPX
.DELDT 04/19/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL ryan_williams@fws.gov