FNUS73 KMPX 071352 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Center Creek WMA...MN DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 852 AM CDT Mon Apr 7 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 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.........29 at ignition...Max 41. RH..................53 percent at ignition...Min 28 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 17 mph at ignition...otherwise North winds 13 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /73300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /85600 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......3500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 16 to 24 mph. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............29 30 31 33 35 37 38 39 39 38 37 34 RH..............53 49 45 41 36 33 32 30 30 31 33 38 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..17 17 16 15 15 15 15 14 13 12 10 9 20 FT wind gust.23 23 22 22 21 21 21 20 18 17 16 14 Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 3.9 4.1 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.4 5.4 4.7 1.0 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.24 23 21 20 18 17 18 17 16 16 15 12 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Temperature.........Min 23. RH..................Max 70 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 12 mph in the evening becoming light. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (75300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1100 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 7 to 16 mph shifting to the northeast 3 to 6 mph overnight, then shifting to the southeast 5 to 6 mph after 3 am. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Temperature.........Max 51. RH..................Min 27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 6 to 13 mph early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (46000 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 6 to 15 mph. $$ Forecaster...Veserat Requested by...Chad August Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2509052.0/MPX .DELDT 04/07/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Chad.august@state.mn.us