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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
249 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
MNZ047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-110000-
STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MORRIS, GLENWOOD, MADISON, BENSON,
MONTEVIDEO, WILLMAR, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, REDWOOD FALLS,
NEW ULM, ST JAMES, AND FAIRMONT
249 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
...NEAR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF
WESTERN MINNESOTA...
NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BRING RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES DOWN INTO THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE TODAY. THIS COMBINED
WITH WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CREATE NEAR CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS COULD LEAD TO RAPID SPREAD OF
FIRES, ESPECIALLY IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS WHERE CROPS HAVE BECOME
DRIER FOR HARVEST.
CHECK BURNING RESTRICTIONS AND FIRE DANGER BEFORE BURNING. FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS FOR MINNESOTA, SEE
WWW.DNR.STATE.MN.US/FORESTRY/FIRE/FIRERATING_RESTRICTIONS.HTML.
MNZ041>045-049>052-058-059-066-067-075-083-092-110000-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-
ISANTI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-NICOLLET-BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, LONG PRAIRIE, LITTLE FALLS,
PRINCETON, MORA, ST CLOUD, SAUK RAPIDS, ELK RIVER, CAMBRIDGE,
LITCHFIELD, MONTICELLO, HUTCHINSON, GAYLORD, ST PETER, MANKATO,
AND BLUE EARTH
249 AM CDT SAT OCT 10 2026
...ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...
NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BRING RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES DOWN INTO THE 30 TO 40 PERCENT RANGE TODAY. THIS COMBINED
WITH WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE ELEVATED FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS TODAY. THIS COULD LEAD TO RAPID SPREAD OF FIRES,
ESPECIALLY IN AGRICULTURAL AREAS WHERE CROPS HAVE BECOME DRIER FOR
HARVEST.
CHECK BURNING RESTRICTIONS AND FIRE DANGER BEFORE BURNING. FOR
MORE INFORMATION ON BURNING RESTRICTIONS FOR MINNESOTA, SEE
WWW.DNR.STATE.MN.US/FORESTRY/FIRE/FIRERATING_RESTRICTIONS.HTML.
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