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Spot Forecast for Follies WMA west unit...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
900 AM CDT Tue Oct 7 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on October 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Winds turn northwesterly behind the passage of a
cold front this morning. RH`s will fall through the morning and
into the afternoon, with minimum values between 25-30 percent
expected. Winds sustain between 5-10 mph, with peak gusts between
15-20 mph this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........48 at ignition...Max 60.
RH..................78 percent at ignition...Min 32 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 7 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northwest winds around 7
                    mph increasing to 8 to 10 mph late in the
                    morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /9000 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /90100 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 13 to 20 mph.

TIME (CDT)      4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............48  51  53  56  58  59  59  59  58  56  52  46
RH..............78  70  64  49  42  36  32  28  26  27  32  38
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..7   7   8   9   9   9   10  10  9   6   5   3
20 FT wind gust.14  14  15  15  16  16  16  16  14  12  9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.4 1.7 2.7 4.1 4.9 5.3 5.2 4.8 0.7 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N   N
Transp wind spd.13  14  14  15  17  18  20  18  16  10  9   9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Areas of frost early in
                    the morning.
Temperature.........Min 33.
RH..................Max 75 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2500 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 10 mph shifting to the southeast
                    around 9 mph after 3 am.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Widespread frost early in
                    the morning, then areas of frost early in the
                    morning.
Temperature.........Max 65.
RH..................Min 34 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds around 5 mph early in the
                    morning becoming light, then becoming southeast
                    5 to 13 mph early in the morning.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (53900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 17 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Strus
Requested by...Cory Netland
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 10/07/25
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.EMAIL cory.netland@state.mn.us