FNUS73 KMPX 041602 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Hoffman Pipeline Bluff...MN DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1102 AM CDT Mon May 4 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on May 04. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Current westerly winds will shift to more of a northwest wind late morning with gusts up to around 25 mph. Winds should generally stay in this west to northwest direction through the morning into the evening. The gusts will hold until close to sunset. Current RH of 27 percent and we expect it to remain in the mid to upper 20s into the afternoon. Fire weather will be elevated to near critical this period. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Temperature.........64 at ignition...Max 67. RH..................41 percent at ignition...Min 30 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 16 mph at ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 16 to 20 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /86100 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /156300 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 23 to 29 mph. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P Sky cover.......PC PC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............64 65 65 66 64 62 61 59 57 55 52 49 RH..............27 26 26 25 25 26 27 27 29 30 35 40 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..16 17 18 20 20 20 20 17 16 15 13 12 20 FT wind gust.25 25 28 28 30 28 29 28 26 24 22 20 Mix hgt (kft)...4.3 5.3 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.0 6.3 6.2 4.5 1.3 1.1 1.0 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.23 25 28 29 29 29 29 29 24 20 17 15 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent) then becoming clear (0-10 percent). Temperature.........Min 34. RH..................Max 69 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 8 to 17 mph with gusts to around 28 mph decreasing to 6 to 7 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (93600 knot-ft) decreasing to fair (22300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (5200 knot-ft) late in the night early in the evening. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 20 to 29 mph decreasing to 10 to 17 mph in the late evening and overnight. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). Areas of frost early in the morning. Temperature.........Max 54. RH..................Min 32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (103400 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (115200 knot-ft) late in the morning. Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 24 mph in the late morning and afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Carletta Requested by...Cody Burke Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2612643.0/MPX .DELDT 05/04/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL cody.burke@state.mn.us