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FNUS73 KMPX 221349
FWSMPX
SPOT FORECAST FOR SMSC RX BURNS...SHAKOPEE MDEWAKANTON SIOUX COMMUNITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
849 AM CDT THU OCT 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 22.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH
THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH
HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW
40S AT SUNRISE WILL SURGE INTO THE MID 70S FOR HIGHS. RH VALUES
WILL BOTTOM OUT IN THE MID-40S PERCENT WHILE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS
REMAIN UNDER 10MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH GUSTS AROUND 10MPH,
COMING FROM THE SSE.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /10000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR
/29700 KNOT-FT/.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3700 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 9 MPH.
TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
SKY COVER.......MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............64 68 71 73 74 74 71 67 64 61 59 58
RH..............65 57 49 48 46 46 53 63 70 81 87 90
20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE S
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 7 7 5 5 3 5 5 5
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 10 10 10 10 7 7 6 7 7 7
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 2.2 3.1 3.5 3.7 2.3 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S SE SE S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 9 9 8 7 8 8 10 12 13
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54.
RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE
EVENING BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5
TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2900 KNOT-FT).
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 13 MPH.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 46 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 16
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (4800 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (35800 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 21 MPH.
FORECASTER...CALDERONE
REQUESTED BY...FDA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2624321.0/MPX
.DELDT 10/22/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
.EMAIL FERINDAVIS.ANDERSON@SHAKOPEEDAKOTA.ORG
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