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Spot Forecast for South Spur RX...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
530 AM CST Tue Jan 20 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0712 CST on January 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

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

.DISCUSSION...

Mostly clear skies to start the day and at ignition time will make
way for increasing cloud cover, with a chance for light snow
arriving during the late afternoon through the evening. RH at
ignition will be around 90 percent but temperatures will be below
zero such that there is little moisture even with RH that high.
Winds begin light and variable, favoring a southwesterly direction
and increasing to around 5mph by the late morning.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Temperature.........-8 at ignition...Max 12.
RH..................91 percent at ignition...Min 60 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 3 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming
                    southwest 5 to 6 mph in the late morning and
                    afternoon, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /2700 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /19600 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 1800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 13 mph.

TIME (CST)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
Sky cover.......MCR PC  PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC
Weather cov.....                                            SCH
Weather type....                                            SN
Tstm cov........
Temp............-9  -8  -4  -1  3   6   9   10  11  12  11  10
RH..............91  91  82  83  72  66  60  60  60  60  69  80
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   3   3
20 FT wind gust.9   9   10  12  12  13  13  13  12  12  10  8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.5 0.6 0.7
Transp wind dir.W   SW  W   W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   10  10  12  13  13  13  10  8   9

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Slight chance of
                    snow early in the evening, then chance of snow
                    in the evening.
Temperature.........Min 7.
RH..................Max 91 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph
                    overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2400 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 9 mph shifting to the west 8 to
                    9 mph overnight.

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of snow in
                    the morning and early afternoon, then slight
                    chance of snow late in the afternoon.
Temperature.........Max 22.
RH..................Min 70 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 15 mph. Gusts up to 26 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (58900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 16 mph increasing to northwest 21 to
                    26 mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Hasenstein
Requested by...mccafferty
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 01/20/26
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.EMAIL k.mccafferty@nrp.eco