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Spot Forecast for Struck...FWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1124 AM CDT Mon Mar 31 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on March 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Clearing skies will allow temperatures to warm into
the lower 40s this afternoon while RHs drop into the 30s.
Northwest winds around 5-10 mph early this afternoon will slow and
become calm/variable by this evening. No precipitation is expected
until Tuesday morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........35 at ignition...Max 41.
RH..................52 percent at ignition...Min 38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 10 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 5 to 10
                    mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good /31000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good
                    /31000 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4300 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 12 mph.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............35  36  38  39  40  41  40  39  37  33  32  31
RH..............52  50  43  42  38  38  38  40  44  53  58  66
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   S   SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..10  9   8   7   6   5   3   2   2   2   3   5
20 FT wind gust.16  14  13  12  9   7   6   5   5   6   7   8
Mix hgt (kft)...3.1 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.3 4.3 4.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   NW  NW  N   N   N   SE  S   S   S   SE
Transp wind spd.12  9   8   7   6   5   3   3   6   7   8   9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Temperature.........Min 27.
RH..................Max 98 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 13 mph late
                    in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 3 mph shifting to the southeast 3
                    to 10 mph in the evening, then increasing to 13
                    to 18 mph overnight.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Snow through the day.
                    Slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 34.
RH..................Min 83 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Breezy. Southeast winds 14 to 22 mph with gusts
                    to around 33 mph increasing to 24 to 28 mph
                    with gusts to around 41 mph late in the
                    morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (10500 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (56900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 18 to 24 mph increasing to 28 to 37
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Grunzke
Requested by...Millette
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508508.0/MPX
.DELDT 03/31/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL phil_millette@fws.gov