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Spot Forecast for Blue Hill RX...USFWS contractor
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1117 AM CST Wed Jan 21 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CST on January 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Light snow will continue into the early afternoon,
then taper off. Southwest winds will shift northwest early this
afternoon and increase this evening with gusts to around 35 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Snow likely early
                    in the afternoon, then chance of snow early in
                    the afternoon. Slight chance of snow late in
                    the afternoon.
Temperature.........18 at ignition...Max 21.
RH..................80 percent at ignition...Min 67 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 10 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Southwest winds 10 to 13
                    mph with gusts to around 28 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 15 to 18 mph with gusts to around 35
                    mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /19500 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /106500 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3500 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West 16 to 17 mph increasing to northwest 24 to
                    32 mph early in the afternoon, then increasing
                    to 29 to 36 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
Sky cover.......CDY MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....LKY LKY CHC CHC SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SN  SW  SW  SW
Tstm cov........
Temp............18  19  21  20  19  17  14  12  10  8   7   7
RH..............80  80  74  77  70  67  70  69  72  72  76  72
20 FT wind dir..SW  W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..10  13  15  18  18  18  18  15  13  10  10  9
20 FT wind gust.24  28  32  32  32  35  36  36  32  29  25  24
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 2.0 2.8 3.5 3.4 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.8 0.9
Transp wind dir.SW  W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
Transp wind spd.16  17  24  32  36  29  25  21  17  15  14  12

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent). Chance of
                    flurries early in the evening. Chance of
                    flurries overnight.
Temperature.........Min -2.
RH..................Max 87 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 9 to 18 mph with gusts to around 36
                    mph decreasing to around 7 mph with gusts to
                    around 22 mph overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (25900 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (7600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 17 to 25 mph decreasing to 12 to 17
                    mph in the late evening and overnight.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Chance of
                    flurries in the morning.
Temperature.........Max 4.
RH..................Min 55 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (114200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (115300
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 18 to 25 mph increasing to 30 to 35
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...McCafferty
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/21/26
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.EMAIL k.mccafferty@nrp.eco