FNUS73 KMPX 061114 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Nelson Prairie Burn Unit...WDNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 614 AM CDT Wed May 6 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on May 06. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Partly to mostly cloudy skies will lead to cooler temperatures in the upper 40s today, with minimum relative humidity values around 30-35%. Northwesterly winds of 10-15MPH could gust to 20MPH this afternoon, assisting in keeping things cool. The lower temperatures and mediocre RHs will be limiting factors for fire weather concerns. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Temperature.........37 at ignition...Max 48. RH..................59 percent at ignition...Min 39 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 8 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /62600 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /109400 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......4500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 16 to 21 mph. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM Sky cover.......MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............37 40 42 43 45 46 46 47 47 48 46 45 RH..............59 50 46 45 43 42 42 40 40 39 43 43 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW W W W W NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..8 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 8 20 FT wind gust.16 17 18 18 20 20 21 21 21 21 20 17 Mix hgt (kft)...4.5 5.0 5.6 5.9 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.4 5.9 5.7 4.6 1.3 Transp wind dir.W NW W W W W W W W NW W NW Transp wind spd.16 17 17 17 18 18 20 20 21 20 16 12 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Areas of frost overnight. Widespread frost after 3 am. Temperature.........Min 31. RH..................Max 78 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 6 to 12 mph early in the evening becoming light. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (96500 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1500 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 20 mph shifting to the west 5 to 9 mph in the late evening and overnight, then shifting to the southwest around 6 mph after 3 am. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Widespread frost early in the morning, then areas of frost early in the morning. Temperature.........Max 55. RH..................Min 32 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (77000 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (107100 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......8600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 6 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 20 mph in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Veserat Requested by...Ryan J. Magana Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2612831.0/MPX .DELDT 05/06/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL ryan.magana@wisconsin.gov