FNUS73 KMPX 071207 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Alberta WMA Rx Burn...MN DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 707 AM CDT Thu May 7 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1200 CDT on May 07. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...Mostly sunny skies today will lead to slightly warmer temperatures near 60 degrees by this afternoon. Relative humidity values will bottom out mid to early afternoon around 20-25%. West/northwesterly sustained winds to peak at 10-15MPH, with gusts to 20-25MPH 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 (5-15 percent). Temperature.........52 at ignition...Max 59. RH..................31 percent at ignition...Min 23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 8 mph at ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 8 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /88700 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...excellent /147400 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......7400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 8700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 14 to 20 mph. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR MCR CLR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............52 54 55 57 57 58 59 57 54 48 46 43 RH..............31 27 26 24 25 23 23 24 27 34 38 47 20 FT wind dir..W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT wind spd..8 9 12 13 14 14 14 12 7 6 6 5 20 FT wind gust.13 16 18 20 21 21 20 18 13 10 9 9 Mix hgt (kft)...7.4 7.8 8.2 8.6 8.7 8.7 8.1 7.4 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W NW NW NW NW Transp wind spd.14 15 17 18 20 20 18 18 10 8 7 7 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Temperature.........Min 36. RH..................Max 67 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 14 mph shifting to the southeast around 6 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (119000 knot-ft) decreasing to poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the evening. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 10 to 18 mph decreasing to 7 to 8 mph late in the evening, then shifting to the south 6 to 8 mph overnight. .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming sunny (15-25 percent). Temperature.........Max 68. RH..................Min 26 percent. Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 7 mph shifting to the west 8 to 9 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the northwest 12 to 20 mph late in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3000 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (100000 knot-ft) in the afternoon increasing to excellent (129500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......9800 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 9 to 15 mph shifting to the northwest 16 to 25 mph late in the morning. $$ Forecaster...Veserat Requested by...Nicholas Snavely Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2613033.0/MPX .DELDT 05/07/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL Nicholas.Snavely@state.mn.us