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Spot Forecast for Lake Harden...USFWS
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
646 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 15.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

Temperatures will reach around 50 by ignition time with RH near 80
percent, with temps reaching near 70 this afternoon as RH falls to
40 percent. Winds will remain light and variable today with poor
dispersal expected, with surface level winds generally below
3-4mph and 5mph out of the north shifting west aloft.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Temperature.........51 at ignition...Max 69.
RH..................79 percent at ignition...Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /6300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair
                    /20800 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......1300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 5200 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 3 to 6 mph shifting to the west around 5
                    mph late in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM
Sky cover.......MCR PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC  MCR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............51  54  59  62  65  67  68  69  68  67  64  59
RH..............79  73  63  54  46  43  39  39  40  43  50  58
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NE  E   E   E   E   E   SE  SE  E
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...1.3 1.6 2.3 2.7 3.2 4.0 5.1 5.2 4.7 2.8 0.7 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NW  N   N   NW  W   SE  SE  SE  SE
Transp wind spd.6   5   5   3   5   5   5   5   5   7   7   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........Min 46.
RH..................Max 90 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (18900 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2000 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 10 mph.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........Max 77.
RH..................Min 30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 14 mph early in
                    the morning, then increasing to 15 to 17 mph
                    late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (66700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (97000
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 15 mph increasing to 26 to 30 mph.

$$
Forecaster...Hasenstein
Requested by...Jared Culbertson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 04/15/26
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.EMAIL jared_culbertson@fws.gov