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Spot Forecast for Maiden Rock Bluff SNA...WDNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
439 AM CDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on March 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Mostly sunny skies with warmer temperatures in the
50s expected today. Winds will be light and variable at 5 MPH or
less. Minimum RH values are around 40-45%.

.TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........41 at ignition...Max 57.
RH..................55 percent at ignition...Min 43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 5 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southeast winds around 5
                    mph late in the morning becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /9700 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /17400 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph shifting to the west
                    around 7 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P
Sky cover.......MCR PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............41  45  48  51  53  55  56  55  52  48  46  45
RH..............55  51  49  46  45  43  43  45  52  58  63  63
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   SW  W   NW  NW  NW  N   NE  E
20 FT wind spd..5   5   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   1   1
20 FT wind gust.10  9   9   9   10  9   8   7   6   5   3   3
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 1.6 2.1 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.9 1.7 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.8   7   6   6   7   7   7   5   5   5   5   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........Min 34.
RH..................Max 85 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1000 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest around 5 mph shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 6 mph overnight.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........Max 65.
RH..................Min 44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 12 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (50900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 15 mph shifting to the south 17
                    to 18 mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Dye
Requested by...Dean Edlin
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2506058.0/MPX
.DELDT 03/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL dean.edlin@wisconsin.gov