FNUS73 KMPX 240825 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Sween WMA south unit...MN DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 325 AM CDT Fri Oct 24 2025 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on October 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Skies will be sunny today with temperatures rising from the lower 40s at ignition time to the lower 60s for highs. As a result, relative humidities this afternoon will bottom out around 35 percent in the 3pm-5pm timeframe. Southerly winds will reach 10-15 MPH with gusts to near 20 MPH late this morning and continue through late afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Temperature.........42 at ignition...Max 63. RH..................73 percent at ignition...Min 36 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 9 mph at ignition...otherwise South winds 9 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /8500 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /57500 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 15 to 20 mph. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC MC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............42 47 52 56 59 61 62 61 59 56 53 52 RH..............73 63 54 47 42 39 36 38 40 45 50 54 20 FT wind dir..SE S S S S S S S S SE SE S 20 FT wind spd..9 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 10 9 9 9 20 FT wind gust.15 17 18 20 20 21 21 20 17 16 16 16 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 1.4 2.0 2.9 3.4 2.9 1.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.S S S S S S S S S S S S Transp wind spd.15 17 17 17 20 20 18 17 14 13 14 15 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Temperature.........Min 46. RH..................Max 89 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5000 knot-ft). Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 13 to 15 mph. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Temperature.........Max 60. RH..................Min 57 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 8 to 13 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to good (42200 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 13 to 17 mph. $$ Forecaster...Calderone Requested by...Cory Netland Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2524336.0/MPX .DELDT 10/24/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL cory.netland@state.mn.us