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Spot Forecast for South Dam Rx...MN DNR
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
628 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on April 15.
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...Winds will remain light and variable today with poor
spoke dispersal expected.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Temperature.........56 at ignition...Max 67.
RH..................67 percent at ignition...Min 46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 2 mph at
                    ignition...otherwise Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor /9100 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...poor
                    /9500 knot-ft/.
Mixing height.......2300 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3200 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....North 3 to 5 mph.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P
Sky cover.......MC  MC  PC  PC  MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............56  59  63  64  65  66  66  65  62  56  54  52
RH..............67  63  52  50  48  46  46  47  52  63  70  73
20 FT wind dir..NE  N   N   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.7   7   6   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...2.3 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.2 3.2 3.2 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.N   N   NW  NW  N   NW  S   S   SE  E   E   SE
Transp wind spd.5   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   3   5   6   7

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
Temperature.........Min 44.
RH..................Max 92 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft).
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 2 mph shifting to the southeast 3
                    to 8 mph early in the evening.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........Max 76.
RH..................Min 35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 14 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (97700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 15 mph increasing to 17 to 23 mph
                    late in the afternoon.

$$
Forecaster...Borghoff
Requested by...Cody Burke
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2610326.0/MPX
.DELDT 04/15/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL cody.burke@state.mn.us