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Spot Forecast for Blue Earth River AMA RX...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
250 AM CDT Mon Mar 9 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on March 09.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Mostly sunny skies will prevail across southern MN
today with highs into the upper 50s. RH values will drop into the
45-50 percent range, lows during the 4pm-6pm timeframe. Winds
will come primarily from the N, then NE mid-to-late afternoon,
with sustained speeds 10-15mph with occasional gusts to near 20mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........46 at ignition...Max 58.
RH..................76 percent at ignition...Min 49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 10 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    North winds 10 to 12 mph shifting to the
                    northeast late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair /16900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /29900 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 2800 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 20 mph shifting to the northeast
                    around 10 mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM
Sky cover.......PC  PC  PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............46  47  48  50  51  53  54  56  56  55  51  48
RH..............76  74  71  66  63  59  54  51  49  51  56  60
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N
20 FT wind spd..10  10  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.15  17  17  17  17  17  16  16  15  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.2 1.6 0.8 0.8
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N
Transp wind spd.17  20  18  17  14  13  12  10  10  10  10  12

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent).
Temperature.........Min 34.
RH..................Max 82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17800 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (7100 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 10 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 23
                    mph overnight.

$$
Forecaster...Calderone
Requested by...Cody Burke
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2605104.0/MPX
.DELDT 03/09/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cody.burke@state.mn.us