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Spot Forecast for Sunburg WMA...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1105 AM CDT Tue Mar 11 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on March 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...Much cooler today with mostly clear conditions. North
winds this morning will become east this afternoon, with sustained
speeds 5-10mph with gusts 10-15mph. RH values will bottom out around
30 percent late this afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........28 at ignition...Max 41.
RH..................40 percent at ignition...Min 29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    North winds 5 to 6 mph late in the morning
                    becoming light, then becoming northeast around
                    5 mph early in the afternoon shifting to the
                    southeast 5 to 6 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /11000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /21700 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3100 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 3 to 7 mph shifting to the south 5 to 8
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............28  31  34  36  38  40  41  41  40  37  35  34
RH..............40  37  33  32  32  31  30  29  36  40  47  51
20 FT wind dir..N   N   NE  NE  E   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   5   5   6   6   7   8   8   8   9
20 FT wind gust.8   7   6   7   9   10  10  12  14  13  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.8 2.4 2.5 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.0 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  S   S
Transp wind spd.7   6   3   5   5   6   8   8   10  12  13  14

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent).
Temperature.........Min 28.
RH..................Max 81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 7 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (21300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (3100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 15 mph.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........Max 56.
RH..................Min 41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 6 mph shifting to the
                    northwest late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (21200 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 9 mph shifting to the west 7 to 8
                    mph in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Calderone
Requested by...Louise Spiczka
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2505892.0/MPX
.DELDT 03/11/25
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.EMAIL louise.spiczka@state.mn.us