FNUS73 KMPX 071205 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Sponsa WMA...MN DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 705 AM CDT Thu May 7 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 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.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent). Temperature.........42 at ignition...Max 55. RH..................55 percent at ignition...Min 27 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds southwest at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise Light winds becoming west 5 to 10 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Fair /19300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /99600 knot-ft/ increasing to excellent (122300 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......2400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 8900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 9 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 21 mph late in the afternoon. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR PC MC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............42 46 48 50 51 53 54 54 55 55 54 51 RH..............55 47 40 36 33 29 28 30 27 27 28 32 20 FT wind dir..SW W W W W W W W W NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..2 3 5 6 8 9 10 10 10 9 7 3 20 FT wind gust.6 9 12 14 16 17 18 20 20 18 15 9 Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 5.7 7.0 7.7 8.2 8.3 8.6 8.9 8.6 7.7 4.8 0.6 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W NW NW Transp wind spd.9 12 13 15 17 18 20 21 21 20 15 10 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (25-35 percent). Areas of frost after 3 am. Widespread frost after 3 am, then areas of frost early in the morning. 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 (62600 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) early in the evening. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 7 to 10 mph early in the evening, then shifting to the north around 6 mph overnight shifting to the east overnight shifting to the south 6 to 7 mph. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent). Areas of frost early in the morning. Temperature.........Max 65. RH..................Min 25 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west 6 to 14 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (86100 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (125700 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......9100 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 14 mph shifting to the west 15 to 22 mph late in the morning. $$ Forecaster...Veserat Requested by...Hunter Welinski Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2613005.0/MPX .DELDT 05/07/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL hunter.welinski@state.mn.us