FNUS73 KMPX 071209 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Pelican Lake East C...USFWS National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 709 AM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 CDT on April 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Mostly sunny, but colder temperatures expected at ignition. A cold front swept through overnight ushering in colder & drier air. This means our RH will start in the high 40 percents and fall into the mid 20 percents by the early afternoon. Winds will be 12 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 at ignition but will decrease to 8 to 10 mph during the early afternoon with sporadic gusts up to 15 mph from the north. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Temperature.........25 at ignition...Max 39. RH..................50 percent at ignition...Min 26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 12 mph at ignition...otherwise North winds 9 to 12 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /73300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /79800 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......3900 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 15 to 22 mph. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............25 25 26 28 31 32 34 35 37 37 38 37 RH..............50 50 48 42 36 34 32 30 28 28 28 29 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..12 12 12 12 12 10 12 12 10 10 9 8 20 FT wind gust.21 20 20 20 20 18 18 18 17 17 15 14 Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.6 5.0 5.4 5.6 5.9 6.0 6.0 6.1 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.22 21 20 20 20 18 16 16 15 15 15 14 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Temperature.........Min 22. RH..................Max 68 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 8 mph early in the evening becoming light. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (72700 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1200 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 5 to 14 mph shifting to the east 3 to 5 mph after 3 am, then shifting to the south around 3 mph early in the morning. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Temperature.........Max 46. RH..................Min 29 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1100 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (34000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 3 to 9 mph. $$ Forecaster...Calderone Requested by...Jared Culbertson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2509030.0/MPX .DELDT 04/07/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jared_culbertson@fws.gov