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Spot Forecast for Swede Forest 27 PB...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
820 AM CDT Sat Apr 26 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 CDT on April 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Partly sunny skies today with temperatures in the
low 60s at the time of ignition. RH`s dip to between
30-35 percent this afternoon, as temperatures climb into the mid
60s. Breezy southeast winds will sustain between 10-15 mph this
afternoon, with gusts up to 25 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Temperature.........61 at ignition...Max 65.
RH..................36 percent at ignition...Min 31 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 12 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 12 to 14
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /72800 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /92200 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4900 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 17 to 22 mph.

TIME (CDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....                                    CHC CHC LKY
Weather type....                                    RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                        SCH SCH
Temp............61  63  64  65  65  64  63  60  57  56  54  53
RH..............36  35  34  31  33  32  34  39  45  49  57  61
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..12  13  14  14  14  15  13  12  12  10  10  12
20 FT wind gust.17  20  20  22  22  22  21  22  21  21  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 5.0 3.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.0
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   SE  SE  S   S   S
Transp wind spd.17  18  21  21  22  22  22  18  18  20  20  20

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers in the evening. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms through the night. Rain showers
                    likely overnight.
Temperature.........Min 48.
RH..................Max 80 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms late in the
                    evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (94700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to fair (16900 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 18 to 23 mph.

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain
                    showers and slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 68.
RH..................Min 57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 14 to 20 mph. Gusty and erratic
                    winds expected near thunderstorms in the
                    afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Strus
Requested by...Brad Bolduan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2511854.0/MPX
.DELDT 04/26/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Brad.Bolduan@state.mn.us