####018003899#### FNUS73 KMPX 241312 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Wild River Rx...MN DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 812 AM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...For the Wild River Rx, skies will be mostly sunny today with a few high clouds moving through from west to east this afternoon. This will allow highs today to be in the mid to upper 50s. Dry conditions are expected, with relative humidity values forecasted to be in the 40s this morning before dropping into the mid-low 30s by the afternoon. Winds will be light and generally southerly at 5-10 MPH. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Temperature.........42 at ignition...Max 57. RH..................50 percent at ignition...Min 34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise South winds 5 to 6 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Fair /13600 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /34500 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South around 7 mph shifting to the southwest 6 to 7 mph late in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 4. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............42 45 48 51 54 55 56 57 56 56 52 48 RH..............50 47 44 41 38 37 37 34 35 35 41 49 20 FT wind dir..SE SE S S S S S S S S SE SE 20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 6 6 20 FT wind gust.8 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 2.9 3.5 4.0 4.9 5.4 5.8 5.5 5.3 3.1 0.5 0.4 Transp wind dir.SE SE S S SW SW SW SW SW S S SE Transp wind spd.7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7 7 8 Haines index....3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent). Temperature.........Min 36. RH..................Max 64 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (31600 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2800 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest around 7 mph shifting to the south 7 to 14 mph early in the evening. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent). Temperature.........Max 64. RH..................Min 32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (77900 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 13 to 20 mph. Haines Index........4 to 5 or low to moderate potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Dye Requested by...Nathan Renk Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412240.0/MPX .DELDT 04/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Nate.Renk@state.mn.us