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Spot Forecast for Alberta WMA Rx Burn...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
615 AM CDT Fri May 26 2023

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 26. 
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with 
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
Warm and dry conditions over the next several days will maintain a
somewhat elevated fire risk, especially with afternoon relative
humidity values falling below 25 percent each day through Sunday.
Winds will stay below critical thresholds, generally less than 20
mph, although parts of western Minnesota could see gusts as high 
as 25 to 30 mph today through Sunday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). 
Temperature.........73 at ignition...Max 83. 
RH..................33 percent at ignition...Min 23 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 17 mph at ignition...otherwise 
                    South winds 17 to 21 mph. 
Smoke dispersal.....Good /32700 knot-ft/ at ignition. 
                    Max...excellent /114200 knot-ft/ increasing to 
                    excellent (136700 knot-ft) late in the 
                    afternoon. 
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 7900 ft 
                    AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 18 to 22 mph. 
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth at ignition...max 5. 

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR 
Weather cov.....                                                
Weather type....                                                
Tstm cov........                                                
Temp............73  75  78  81  82  83  83  82  81  81  76  71  
RH..............33  33  30  29  26  26  25  24  24  23  25  29  
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  
20 FT wind spd..17  17  18  18  20  21  20  20  18  18  16  15  
20 FT wind gust.22  21  22  23  23  23  23  22  22  23  22  23  
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 2.7 4.2 6.0 7.2 7.7 7.9 7.8 7.3 5.4 0.6 0.5 
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  
Transp wind spd.20  18  20  22  22  22  21  21  21  20  17  16  
Haines index....5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent). 
Temperature.........Min 53. 
RH..................Max 47 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 14 to 18 mph. 
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (91100 knot-ft) decreasing to poor 
                    (7200 knot-ft) early in the evening. 
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 16 to 21 mph. 
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). 
Temperature.........Max 83. 
RH..................Min 18 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 14 to 21 mph. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (7300 knot-ft) early in the morning 
                    increasing to excellent (95100 knot-ft) in the 
                    afternoon. 
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 17 to 23 mph. 
Haines Index........5 or moderate potential for large plume 
                    dominated fire growth. 

$$
Forecaster...Hawblitzel
Requested by...Nicholas Snavely
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2313999.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/26/23
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