FNUS73 KMPX 071125 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Pool 5 Rx Burn...MNDNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 625 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. Vertical mixing is expected to become very efficient around 10-11am, with a mixing height around 9000ft through the afternoon. Elevated fire weather conditions are possible after 12PM due to the lower RHs. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Temperature.........40 at ignition...Max 58. RH..................63 percent at ignition...Min 25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 1 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /4000 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /77300 knot-ft/ increasing to excellent (105400 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......800 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 8900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 6 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 18 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............40 43 48 51 53 54 56 57 57 57 58 56 RH..............63 54 44 36 32 29 26 25 27 28 28 32 20 FT wind dir..SW W W NW W W W W W W W NW 20 FT wind spd..1 1 3 5 6 8 8 9 9 10 10 9 20 FT wind gust.5 6 8 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 20 18 Mix hgt (kft)...0.8 2.9 6.5 7.3 7.6 8.1 8.4 8.6 8.4 8.9 8.3 3.9 Transp wind dir.SW W W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.6 8 12 12 12 15 15 16 17 18 18 14 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Areas of frost after 3 am. Temperature.........Min 35. RH..................Max 72 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph early in the evening becoming light. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (136600 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to good (42600 knot-ft) late in the night decreasing to poor (1400 knot-ft) early in the evening. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 14 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 8 mph early in the evening, then shifting to the southwest 6 to 7 mph late in the evening. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming mostly sunny (45-55 percent). Areas of frost early in the morning. Temperature.........Max 68. RH..................Min 25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 6 to 12 mph in the late morning and afternoon, then increasing to around 12 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (88400 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (107500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......8800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 12 mph shifting to the west 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Dettmann Requested by...Chantel Schlegel Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2612987.0/MPX .DELDT 05/07/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL chantel.schlegel@state.mn.us