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FNUS73 KMPX 221119
FWSMPX
SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE HILL RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
519 AM CST THU JAN 22 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0700 CST ON JANUARY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS WITH
THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
WINDS ARE AT THEIR LIGHTEST THIS MORNING AND ARE EXPECTED TO
INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY SUSTAINED AT AROUND 10MPH BY IGNITION
TIME AND INCREASING FURTHER TO SUSTAINED AT 15 GUSTING TO 25-30MPH
DURING THE AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL BE A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN WITH A
FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE FROM THE LOWER CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO INTO THE LATE MORNING, FALLING
SWIFTLY INTO THE TEENS BELOW ZERO DURING THE EVENING.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
FLURRIES.
TEMPERATURE.........-2 AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
RH..................100 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 28 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /21500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /120500 KNOT-FT/ INCREASING TO
GOOD (35700 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (122000 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4400 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 22 TO 29 MPH INCREASING TO 26 TO 33
MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
TSTM COV........
TEMP............-2 1 3 4 2 1 -1 -5 -7 -9 -11 -13
RH..............100 79 72 62 62 56 56 58 55 57 54 56
20 FT WIND DIR..W W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT WIND SPD..10 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 16 16 15 14
20 FT WIND GUST.20 21 22 25 26 26 28 28 28 28 26 25
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.2 2.5 3.6 3.9 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.2 3.8 1.6 2.3
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
TRANSP WIND SPD.22 23 29 33 32 32 31 32 33 33 26 29
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN -24.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH
IN THE EVENING.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (57000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO FAIR (17300 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 29 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 17
MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MAX -9.
RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (11200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (30100 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 13 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST
AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
FORECASTER...HASENSTEIN
REQUESTED BY...MCCAFFERTY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/22/26
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