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Spot Forecast for Leif-Miller Hills Rx...The Nature Conservancy
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
551 AM CDT Fri May 23 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on May 23.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Mostly clear skies will become mostly cloudy by
early afternoon. Temperatures start in the low 50s but warm into
the mid 60s this afternoon. A light easterly wind 6 to 9 mph may
vary to a east-northeast direction at times. MinRH values will
bottom out in mid to upper 30 percent range this afternoon.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Temperature.........54 at ignition...Max 65.
RH..................59 percent at ignition...Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds east at 7 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    East winds 6 to 7 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /17000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /34300 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 10 mph.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
Sky cover.......MCR PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............54  56  59  61  62  62  63  63  64  62  61  55
RH..............59  53  47  44  43  43  39  39  40  44  46  57
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  9   9   10  9   9   10  9   9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...1.9 2.5 3.7 4.5 4.9 5.2 5.5 5.5 4.8 3.0 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   NE  E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.10  9   8   8   8   7   6   6   6   7   8   8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
Temperature.........Min 43.
RH..................Max 82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........East winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (24100 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2400 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast
                    around 8 mph after 3 am.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........Max 67.
RH..................Min 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming east 5 to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (37200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......7100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 5 to 8 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 5 mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Hewett
Requested by...Ben Carlson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2514565.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/23/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL benjamin.carlson@tnc.org