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Spot Forecast for PFS Pile...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
726 AM CST Thu Feb 12 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CST on February 12.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

This forecast location was set at New Richmond WI due to incorrect
lat/lon within the initial request. If you would like this to be
corrected, please re-issue the request with the exact location.

For the forecast, there will not be much variation in weather
today with mostly clear skies and temperatures rising to around 40
this afternoon. Winds will maintain a southeasterly direction
throughout the day with speeds around 5-8mph at ground level, only
increasing to 10-13mph off the surface. RH at ignition looks to be
around 80 percent with a minimum of 70 percent today as dew points
slowly increase due to southeasterly winds.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........23 at ignition...Max 40.
RH..................84 percent at ignition...Min 70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 6 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 5 to 7
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /5200 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
                    /8900 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 1000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 13 mph.

TIME (CST)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky cover.......MC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............23  26  29  33  35  36  37  38  36  35  33  31
RH..............84  81  78  75  72  75  72  73  79  78  82  85
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   6   6   6   6   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.13  14  14  14  13  13  12  12  10  10  9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  S
Transp wind spd.13  12  12  10  10  8   8   8   8   8   10  10

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........Min 25.
RH..................Max 92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph shifting to the
                    south late in the evening, then becoming light
                    after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2900 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 13 mph shifting to the southwest 9
                    to 13 mph overnight.

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........Max 41.
RH..................Min 70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 8 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Hasenstein
Requested by...Chris Trosen
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2602568.0/MPX
.DELDT 02/12/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Chris_Trosen@fws.gov