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Spot Forecast for Ceylon WMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
900 AM CDT Tue May 5 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 05.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Increasing northwest winds today will stunt the
afternoon high in the mid 50s, and drop RH values to around 25
to 30 percent. The strongest winds are expected to develop from
11AM to 7PM. Sustained values will range mostly from 10-15 MPH
while gusts near 25 MPH. Winds slow and turn north-northwesterly
by late this evening. No rain expected today, but clouds do
increase throughout the morning and afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Temperature.........40 at ignition...Max 56.
RH..................60 percent at ignition...Min 26 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 10 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 10 to 17
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /30000 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /115000 knot-ft/ increasing to
                    excellent (120100 knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 8400 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 20 mph.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............40  43  46  48  50  52  53  54  55  54  53  50
RH..............60  50  44  37  35  32  30  28  26  26  28  31
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N
20 FT wind spd..10  12  14  15  15  16  16  17  17  17  16  15
20 FT wind gust.17  18  20  21  22  23  23  24  24  24  24  22
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 5.3 7.0 7.7 8.3 8.1 7.5 8.0 8.4 8.2 6.0 3.1
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  N
Transp wind spd.13  16  17  17  18  18  18  18  20  20  21  18

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming
                    mostly clear (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........Min 32.
RH..................Max 70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 8 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 7
                    mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (138700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to good (49600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night decreasing to fair (28900 knot-ft) early
                    in the evening decreasing to poor (2500
                    knot-ft) late in the night in the late evening
                    and overnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 21 mph decreasing to 7 to 9 mph
                    overnight.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Widespread frost
                    early in the morning.
Temperature.........Max 54.
RH..................Min 29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (101800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (122900
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 17 mph increasing to around 18
                    mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Dettmann
Requested by...Chad August
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612779.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/05/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Chad.august@state.mn.us