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FNUS73 KMPX 030655
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SPOT FORECAST FOR RICE LAKE FLATS PILE BURN...NPS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1255 AM CST TUE DEC 3 2024
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0100 CST ON DECEMBER 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH
THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
CALM WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE
MORNING, BECOMING MORE S/SW BY SUNRISE. RH VALUES WILL STAY AT OR
ABOVE 80 PERCENT THROUGH LATE MORNING. NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED OUTSIDE OF A FEW FLURRIES POTENTIALLY.
REST OF TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SCATTERED
FLURRIES OVERNIGHT.
TEMPERATURE.........17 AT IGNITION...MIN 12.
RH..................84 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 1 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
LIGHT WINDS.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MIN...POOR
/6000 KNOT-FT/.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1000 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 7 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
TIME (CST) 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P
SKY COVER.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC
WEATHER COV.....SCT
WEATHER TYPE....SW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............17 17 17 16 16 16 15 15 16 19 21 23
RH..............84 84 80 84 84 84 84 88 84 77 71 65
20 FT WIND DIR..W SW SW SW SW S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 7 8 9 10
20 FT WIND GUST.6 7 7 7 8 8 10 13 14 16 18 20
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.8 2.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 8 8 9 9 10 12 14 16 17 18
HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3
TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 26.
RH..................MIN 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH EARLY IN
THE MORNING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (8400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (40100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 21
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
FORECASTER...DETTMANN
REQUESTED BY...ERIC ANDERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 12/03/24
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.EMAIL ERIC_ANDERSON@NPS.GOV
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