FNUS73 KMPX 151319 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Cobb River WPA RX...USFWS National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 819 AM CDT Wed Apr 15 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 15. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Poor smoke dispersal is the primary concern today due to weak winds out of the north at around 5mph at ground level and only a few mph greater aloft. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny with temperatures rising into the upper 60s and min RH around 50 percent. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Temperature.........52 at ignition...Max 68. RH..................80 percent at ignition...Min 50 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise North winds 5 to 6 mph shifting to the northeast 6 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /3800 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair /26000 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 6 to 9 mph. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM Sky cover.......PC PC PC PC PC MC PC MC MC MC MC MC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............52 55 58 60 62 65 66 67 67 67 65 63 RH..............80 77 70 63 59 54 53 51 50 52 56 62 20 FT wind dir..N N N N NE NE NE NE NE E E E 20 FT wind spd..6 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 20 FT wind gust.7 7 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.3 1.9 2.3 2.6 3.0 3.1 3.5 3.3 2.5 1.6 0.5 Transp wind dir.N N N N N NE NE NE E E E E Transp wind spd.6 6 7 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 8 7 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (30-40 percent). Temperature.........Min 47. RH..................Max 92 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 5 to 6 mph becoming light. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (21400 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (2000 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 6 to 9 mph shifting to the south around 8 mph early in the morning. .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent). Temperature.........Max 78. RH..................Min 34 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the south 6 to 15 mph early in the morning increasing to 15 to 16 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (99200 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (82900 knot-ft) late in the afternoon. Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 8 to 17 mph increasing to 21 to 25 mph late in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Hasenstein Requested by...James Corbett Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610417.0/MPX .DELDT 04/15/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL james_corbett@fws.gov