Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
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525 FNUS73 KMPX 251314 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Ordway Prairie Rx...TNC National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 814 AM CDT Wed Sep 25 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on September 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Sprawling high pressure will persist across the region today, allowing for plenty of sunshine and light westerly winds. RH values will bottom out in the 35-40 percent range while highs climb to near 80 degrees. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Temperature.........62 at ignition...Max 78. RH..................67 percent at ignition...Min 37 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 3 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon, then becoming light late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /5900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /36900 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 8 to 9 mph. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 4. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............62 67 70 73 75 76 77 76 75 71 67 64 RH..............67 56 49 44 41 40 39 40 43 49 56 65 20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W W SW SW SW 20 FT wind spd..3 3 5 5 5 5 5 3 2 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.6 7 8 9 9 9 9 8 6 5 5 5 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.7 2.5 3.2 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.6 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W SW Transp wind spd.8 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 7 7 7 7 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). Temperature.........Min 54. RH..................Max 83 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3300 knot-ft). Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph increasing to 7 to 9 mph overnight. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Temperature.........Max 82. RH..................Min 34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (62500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 9 to 18 mph. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Calderone Requested by...Matt Graeve Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2423012.0/MPX .DELDT 09/25/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL mgraeve@tnc.org