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Spot Forecast for Sherburne Pile Burn...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
652 AM CST Wed Feb 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0659 CST on February 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...
It will be another cold day up on the Sherburne refuge with a filtered sun.
Winds will again by light at 5 mph or less out of the north.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent).
Temperature.........-11 at ignition...Max 8.
RH..................82 percent at ignition...Min 65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 0 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /1200 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /13500 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North around 3 mph shifting to the northwest in
                    the afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............-13 -11 -9  -6  -3  0   2   4   7   8   7   6
RH..............82  78  74  78  71  71  68  65  66  66  66  66
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..0   0   0   0   1   2   2   2   2   3   2   2
20 FT wind gust.2   2   2   2   3   5   6   6   7   8   8   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.6
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
Transp wind spd.3   3   3   3   3   3   3   5   7   7   8   8

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (75-85 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........Min -16.
RH..................Max 82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4500 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 7 to 13 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........Max 4.
RH..................Min 62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 6 mph becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6300 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (18900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......1900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 13 mph shifting to the
                    southwest around 9 mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Griesinger
Requested by...C Kennedy
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2502740.1/MPX
.DELDT 02/12/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL Kris_Larson@FWS.GOV,Cody_Kennedy@FWS.GOV,Robert_Bengson@FWS.GOV