FNUS73 KMPX 151303 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Runway fan...MN department of military affairs National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 803 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 15. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Sunny skies today with temperatures near 50 at ignition with RH near 70 percent, becoming upper 60s for highs with RH around 40 percent this afternoon. Winds will be light and somewhat variable especially early, becoming southerly at around 5mph by the afternoon. The light winds both at the surface and aloft will lead to poor smoke dispersal, which remains the primary concern today. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Temperature.........52 at ignition...Max 68. RH..................71 percent at ignition...Min 40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds south at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming south around 5 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /9900 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /39300 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......1600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 8 mph increasing to around 9 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P Sky cover.......PC PC MCR CLR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............52 55 59 63 65 67 67 67 66 62 57 54 RH..............71 64 57 48 43 40 40 40 43 48 59 66 20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S S S S SE SE SE 20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 3 3 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 20 FT wind gust.5 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 Mix hgt (kft)...1.6 1.9 2.6 3.0 3.7 4.5 4.9 4.7 1.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 Transp wind dir.S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S SE S S Transp wind spd.7 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 8 8 9 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent). Temperature.........Min 44. RH..................Max 88 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Smoke dispersal.....Good (38600 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2800 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 9 mph shifting to the south 8 to 12 mph early in the evening. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Temperature.........Max 75. RH..................Min 31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 14 to 17 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (73900 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (100400 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 10 to 18 mph increasing to 21 to 30 mph in the late morning and afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Hasenstein Requested by...Jason Linkert Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610389.0/MPX .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL jason.d.linkert.nfg@army.mil