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Spot Forecast for Ringo Nest SW WMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1026 AM CDT Mon Oct 6 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on October 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
Cooler temps today with NW winds around 5 to 10 mph. We also have
a drier air mass moving in, so min RH values drop near 40 this
afternoon. Clouds will clear throughout the day with no
precipitation expected.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........53 at ignition...Max 61.
RH..................69 percent at ignition...Min 41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 6 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 6 to 8
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /13700 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /53600 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5100 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 13 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............53  56  57  59  60  60  61  59  56  54  49  48
RH..............69  59  57  49  46  44  41  42  47  50  61  63
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW  W
20 FT wind spd..6   7   7   8   8   8   7   6   6   3   3   2
20 FT wind gust.10  13  13  14  14  14  13  12  10  8   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.8 3.7 4.4 4.9 5.1 5.0 2.1 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   NW  NW  W
Transp wind spd.8   9   12  12  13  12  10  9   7   7   7   6

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (5-15 percent) then becoming partly
                    cloudy (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........Min 41.
RH..................Max 79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (16800 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........Max 64.
RH..................Min 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the northwest
                    6 to 7 mph late in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (78500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 15 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Dettmann
Requested by...Cory Netland
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2523026.0/MPX
.DELDT 10/06/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cory.netland@state.mn.us