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Spot Forecast for Edwards...FWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
323 PM CDT Fri May 9 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 CDT on May 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...North winds around 15 mph are expected into the
early evening with temperatures remaining in the lower 80s and RH
in the lower 20s.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........83 at ignition...Max 84.
RH..................23 percent at ignition...Min 22 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 16 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    North winds around 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /91500 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /105300 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6000 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 18 to 20 mph.

TIME (CDT)      4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM
Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............83  83  82  80  75  69  65  62  60  58  56  53
RH..............23  24  22  23  26  30  34  36  40  41  43  46
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind spd..16  16  17  16  14  13  12  10  10  9   9   8
20 FT wind gust.21  22  23  23  22  20  20  18  17  17  16  16
Mix hgt (kft)...5.6 6.0 6.1 5.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE
Transp wind spd.18  20  21  21  18  17  16  16  16  16  16  15

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........Min 47.
RH..................Max 56 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 17 mph shifting to the
                    northeast 7 to 8 mph after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (98300 knot-ft) decreasing to poor
                    (4900 knot-ft) early in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 15 to 21 mph shifting to the east around
                    13 mph early in the morning.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........Max 81.
RH..................Min 21 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast
                    8 to 14 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (67600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 12 mph shifting to the south 12 to
                    16 mph in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...Millette
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2513657.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/09/25
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.EMAIL phil_millette@fws.gov