865  
WWUS83 KMPX 161603  
SPSMPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
1103 AM CDT WED APR 16 2025  
 
MNZ054-064-073-074-082-083-091>093-170100-  
LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-  
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MADISON, GRANITE FALLS, REDWOOD FALLS,  
NEW ULM, ST JAMES, MANKATO, FAIRMONT, BLUE EARTH, AND ALBERT LEA  
1103 AM CDT WED APR 16 2025  
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY  
AND BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS IN SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTHERN  
MINNESOTA...  
 
WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST BY THE  
AFTERNOON SUSTAINED AT 15MPH GUSTING TO 25-30MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS  
IN THE LOW 30S POSSIBLE. CLOUD COVER HAS REMAINED THINNER SO FAR  
TODAY WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR AMPLE MIXING AND TEMPERATURES TO RISE,  
RESULTING IN RELATIVE HUMIDITY IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S. THE  
COMBINATION OF RH IN THE 20S AND GUSTS TO 30MPH WILL RESULT IN  
ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS, IDEAL FOR RAPID SPREAD IN DRY  
AREAS WITH SUSCEPTIBLE VEGETATION. CHECK WITH THE MN DNR OR YOUR  
LOCAL COUNTY BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY OUTDOOR BURNING.  
 
 
 
MNZ045-052-053-WIZ014>016-170100-  
KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORA, CAMBRIDGE, CENTER CITY, OSCEOLA,  
RICE LAKE, AND LADYSMITH  
1103 AM CDT WED APR 16 2025  
 
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND  
BREEZY SOUTHEAST WINDS IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN  
WISCONSIN...  
 
SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON SUSTAINED AT 10-15MPH  
GUSTING TO 25MPH AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLS INTO THE MID TO UPPER  
20S. DRY CONDITIONS IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS COULD RESULT IN RAPID  
SPREAD OF FIRES WITHIN DRY VEGETATION. CHECK WITH YOUR STATE DNR  
OR LOCAL COUNTY BEFORE ATTEMPTING ANY OUTDOOR BURNING.  
 
 
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