FNUS73 KMPX 071029 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for HQ Prairie...USWFS National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 529 AM CDT Thu May 7 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on May 07. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Partly cloudy skies today will lead to slightly warmer temperatures in the mid to upper 50s by this afternoon. Relative humidity values will bottom out mid to early afternoon around 25-30%. West/northwesterly sustained winds to peak at 10MPH, with gusts to 20MPH this afternoon. Elevated fire weather conditions are possible after 12PM due to the lower RHs. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Areas of frost early in the morning. Temperature.........35 at ignition...Max 56. RH..................79 percent at ignition...Min 25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 1 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming west 5 to 12 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /4700 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /87300 knot-ft/ increasing to excellent (108700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......600 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 9000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 8 to 17 mph increasing to 18 to 21 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR MCR PC MC MC MC MC PC PC PC Weather cov.....ARS Weather type....FST Tstm cov........ Temp............35 40 46 49 51 52 54 55 55 55 56 55 RH..............79 67 50 41 34 30 27 27 28 27 26 26 20 FT wind dir..SW SW W W W W W W NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..1 1 3 5 6 8 9 10 12 10 9 7 20 FT wind gust.3 5 8 12 13 15 17 18 20 20 18 15 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 2.5 5.7 7.2 7.8 8.1 8.7 9.0 8.6 8.6 7.7 4.2 Transp wind dir.SW W W W W W W W W W W NW Transp wind spd.8 9 13 14 16 17 18 20 20 21 18 15 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Widespread frost after 3 am. Temperature.........Min 32. RH..................Max 75 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 7 to 9 mph early in the evening becoming light. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (124400 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to good (54800 knot-ft) late in the night decreasing to poor (1300 knot-ft) early in the evening. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 18 mph shifting to the north 6 to 8 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the northeast around 6 mph overnight shifting to the south 5 to 6 mph overnight. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Widespread frost early in the morning, then areas of frost early in the morning. Temperature.........Max 66. RH..................Min 23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 6 to 13 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1800 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (83500 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (116600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......9000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 12 mph shifting to the west 12 to 21 mph late in the morning. $$ Forecaster...Veserat Requested by...Robert Bengson Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2612958.0/MPX .DELDT 05/07/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Ronald_Beam@fws.gov,Robert_Bengson@fws.gov