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Spot Forecast for Numo WMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
929 AM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Mostly sunny, but colder temperatures expected at
ignition. A cold front swept through overnight ushering in colder
& drier air. This means our RH will start in the high 40 percents and
fall into the mid 20 percents by the early afternoon. Winds will be 12
to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 at ignition but will decrease to 8 to 10
mph during the early afternoon with sporadic gusts up to 15 mph from
the north.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........28 at ignition...Max 38.
RH..................56 percent at ignition...Min 40 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 10 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    North winds 7 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /56300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /56300 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4700 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 9 to 18 mph.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
Sky cover.......MCR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............28  29  32  33  34  35  36  36  36  35  32  30
RH..............56  52  48  47  45  45  45  45  45  47  56  60
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  9   8   8   7   7   6   6   3   3
20 FT wind gust.16  16  16  15  15  15  14  13  12  10  8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.1 3.1 0.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.18  16  14  12  12  10  9   9   8   7   6   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
Temperature.........Min 21.
RH..................Max 94 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (29200 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1200 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast 3 to
                    7 mph overnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........Max 50.
RH..................Min 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2800 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (48200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Veserat
Requested by...Louise Spiczka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2509060.0/MPX
.DELDT 04/07/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL louise.spiczka@state.mn.us