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Spot Forecast for Pool 4 Cattails...FWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
907 AM CST Thu Mar 6 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CST on March 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Temperatures will warm quickly this morning with
moderate RH by afternoon. Light southwest winds will shift
northwest and increase to 10-12 mph this afternoon.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........32 at ignition...Max 40.
RH..................77 percent at ignition...Min 50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 10 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 6 to 12
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /52800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /60200 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 22 mph.

TIME (CST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............32  36  37  39  40  40  39  36  31  27  26  25
RH..............77  75  70  62  55  52  50  52  58  65  68  68
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..10  12  12  12  10  8   6   5   3   2   2   1
20 FT wind gust.16  18  18  17  16  13  10  7   6   5   3   2
Mix hgt (kft)...2.8 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.1 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE
Transp wind spd.22  20  20  20  17  15  13  9   8   7   6   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
Temperature.........Min 19.
RH..................Max 74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1900 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 9 mph shifting to the southeast 5 to
                    6 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the
                    northeast overnight.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........Max 44.
RH..................Min 41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 12 mph late
                    in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (68500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 6 mph shifting to the northwest
                    5 to 12 mph in the late morning and early
                    afternoon, then increasing to 15 to 18 mph late
                    in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...Millette
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505126.0/MPX
.DELDT 03/06/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL phil_millette@fws.gov