FNUS73 KMPX 200542
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Spot Forecast for Swain Szabo...MN DNR Lac qui Parle WMA
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1242 AM CDT Wed May 20 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 CDT on May 20. 
Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with 
this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...
RH values bottom out around 25% this afternoon but will quickly improve
after sunset. Winds will be light through the afternoon, surface 
winds look to generally be out of the southeast, but winds a few 
thousand feet off the surface will be northerly so some variable 
direction is possible.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent). 
Temperature.........63 at ignition...Max 65. 
RH..................30 percent at ignition...Min 26 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Winds southeast at 8 mph at 
                    ignition...otherwise Southeast winds 8 to 9 
                    mph. 
Smoke dispersal.....Good /52400 knot-ft/ at ignition. 
                    Max...excellent /65700 knot-ft/. 
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6600 ft 
                    AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 9 to 12 mph. 

TIME (CDT)      3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 
Sky cover.......MCR MCR PC  PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  MC  
Weather cov.....                                                
Weather type....                                                
Tstm cov........                                                
Temp............63  64  65  65  63  60  57  54  52  50  47  46  
RH..............30  27  26  26  29  35  40  48  54  58  68  71  
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  S   SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  
20 FT wind spd..8   8   9   9   8   7   5   5   5   6   5   5   
20 FT wind gust.13  13  14  14  13  10  7   7   7   9   7   7   
Mix hgt (kft)...6.5 6.6 6.4 6.2 5.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE  SE  SE  S   SE  S   
Transp wind spd.9   12  12  13  14  13  14  14  15  15  14  13  

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming 
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent) then becoming 
                    partly cloudy (45-55 percent). 
Temperature.........Min 44. 
RH..................Max 82 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 9 mph. 
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (68600 knot-ft) early in the evening 
                    decreasing to poor (4200 knot-ft) late in the 
                    night. 
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....Southeast 12 to 15 mph. 

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). 
Temperature.........Max 69. 
RH..................Min 35 percent. 
Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 5 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 
                    16 mph in the afternoon. 
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4100 knot-ft) early in the morning 
                    increasing to excellent (91900 knot-ft) in the 
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (108900 
                    knot-ft) in the afternoon. 
Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL. 
Transport winds.....South 12 to 21 mph. 

$$
Forecaster...Ahasic
Requested by...Walt Gessler
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613956.0/MPX
.DELDT 05/20/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL walt.gessler@state.mn.us