####018004076#### FNUS73 KMPX 241846 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Benderburg...MNDNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 146 PM CDT Wed Apr 24 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1400 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 Benderburg, mostly sunny skies continue with some high clouds possible later this afternoon and evening. Highs today will be near 70, with with relative humidity values in the low 20s. Winds will continue to be light and southwesterly at 5-10 MPH. Winds are very light between the surface and 2-3kft up with transport winds primarily from the SW. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Temperature.........63 at ignition...Max 67. RH..................22 percent at ignition...Min 21 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 5 mph at ignition...otherwise South winds 5 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good /44500 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /55100 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 7000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 9 mph. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth at ignition...max 4. TIME (CDT) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM Sky cover.......MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............63 64 65 66 67 66 62 58 56 54 53 52 RH..............22 23 25 24 23 25 31 37 42 45 46 50 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..5 6 7 8 8 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.9 10 10 12 12 12 12 14 17 18 18 17 Mix hgt (kft)...6.4 6.5 7.0 6.9 6.6 5.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW S S S SE E SE SE S S Transp wind spd.8 7 8 9 9 10 9 12 14 15 14 14 Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). Temperature.........Min 47. RH..................Max 63 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (52900 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (4100 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 9 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast 9 to 17 mph early in the evening. Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Temperature.........Max 71. RH..................Min 34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 12 to 21 mph shifting to the south 22 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8900 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (102300 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (136200 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 18 to 26 mph shifting to the south 28 to 32 mph late in the morning. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. $$ Forecaster...Hewett Requested by...Jake Arvidson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412316.0/MPX .DELDT 04/24/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jake.arvidson@state.mn.us