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Spot Forecast for Lake Simon Piles...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
912 AM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on June 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Minimum RH values are expected around 2PM and will
dip into the lower 30s. Winds could be gusty ahead of a cold front
this evening, ranging 25 to 30 MPH. Temperatures will be warm
today, with highs in the low 90s expected, but slightly lesser
depending on cloud cover. Widespread showers and thunderstorms are
expected today and will continue into Tuesday. Cooler temperatures
are expected for the rest of the week.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (80-90 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers late in the afternoon. Chance of
                    showers late in the afternoon, then showers
                    likely late in the afternoon.
Temperature.........83 at ignition...Max 92.
RH..................44 percent at ignition...Min 33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 15 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Southwest winds 15 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /56300 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /139800 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5800 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 22 to 28 mph.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P
Sky cover.......MCR MCR PC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....                SCH CHC LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF LKY
Weather type....                RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                                LKY LKY LKY CHC
Temp............83  86  88  89  91  87  83  81  74  71  68  65
RH..............44  39  35  35  33  39  46  53  69  73  78  81
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  W   NW  NW  N
20 FT wind spd..15  16  17  18  18  17  16  14  10  10  13  14
20 FT wind gust.23  25  26  28  28  28  26  25  23  21  21  21
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 3.7 4.6 5.6 5.8 5.5 3.9 2.3 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.4
Transp wind dir.S   SW  SW  SW  SW  S   SW  SW  SW  W   NW  N
Transp wind spd.22  24  25  26  28  28  25  20  15  14  17  22

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (90-100 percent). Rain showers with
                    thunderstorms likely in the evening. Chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms overnight. Areas of
                    smoke in the late evening and overnight.
Temperature.........Min 53.
RH..................Max 86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 10 to 14 mph shifting to the
                    northwest early in the evening. Gusts up to 25
                    mph. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
                    thunderstorms early in the evening. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms late
                    in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (41400 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (11200 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 20 mph shifting to the north 17
                    to 24 mph in the late evening and overnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Areas of smoke
                    early in the morning. Slight chance of rain
                    showers early in the morning.
Temperature.........Max 70.
RH..................Min 44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 10 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (26700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (84300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 17 to 20 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Veserat
Requested by...Millette
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/02/25
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.EMAIL phil_millette@fws.gov