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Spot Forecast for Betterly...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
719 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 15.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

The main issue today will be light and variable winds, however at
ignition time winds will favor northwest at around 5mph with RH in
the 80s and temps in the mid 40s. Skies remain mostly sunny, with
winds becoming light and variable by the late morning. Winds aloft
will favor northeasterly initially at 5-10mph, shifting northerly
and weakening to around 5mph in the afternoon.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Temperature.........46 at ignition...Max 66.
RH..................87 percent at ignition...Min 47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 5 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Northeast winds around 5
                    mph early in the morning becoming light.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /5300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
                    /12600 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 8 mph shifting to the north 3 to
                    5 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
Sky cover.......MC  MC  MC  PC  PC  MC  MC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....PTY
Weather type....FOG
Tstm cov........
Temp............46  48  51  55  58  60  64  64  65  66  65  65
RH..............87  84  80  72  67  62  55  51  48  47  48  51
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   NE  NE  E   E
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   3   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.8   7   7   7   7   7   7   8   8   7   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 1.1 1.3 1.8 2.3 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 2.9 0.8
Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  N   NW  NW  NW  N   NW  NE  E
Transp wind spd.8   8   7   6   5   5   5   5   5   3   3   3

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Temperature.........Min 45.
RH..................Max 96 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast around 3 mph shifting to the east 3
                    to 9 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........Max 73.
RH..................Min 43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    shifting to the south 10 to 13 mph late in the
                    afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (69700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 7 to 14 mph shifting to the south 16
                    to 18 mph late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Hasenstein
Requested by...Tracy Ronnander
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610398.0/MPX
.DELDT 04/15/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL tracy_ronnander@fws.gov