Minnesota Fire Weather Zone 043
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LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING LIGHT RAIN TO MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TODAY AND THIS EVENING. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH SKIES EXPECTED TO SCATTER THERE BY LATE AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL THEN DROP OUT OF THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND THEN TRACK INTO NORTHEAST IOWA BY WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECIPITATION WILL BE CHANGING TO MAINLY SNOW AS THIS SECOND SYSTEM TRACKS THROUGH OUR AREA. AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY THANKSGIVING MORNING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING IN MUCH COLDER AIR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MORE TOWARD THEIR NORMAL LATE NOVEMBER LEVELS FOR THE NEXT WEEK WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S. THE NEXT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION WILL ARRIVE OVER THE WEEKEND. MORRISON-MILLE LACS-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LITTLE FALLS...PRINCETON...FOLEY 420 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG UNTIL 0900. CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....42-47. MIN HUMIDITY........75-80 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW. HOURS OF SUN........1 HOURS. PRECIPITATION.......SCATTERED 0.05 TO 0.10 INCH AMOUNTS. MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 2100 FT AGL (AVE 12-6 PM). TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 9 MPH (AVE 12-6 PM). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....AROUND 16000 OR FAIR (AVE 12-6 PM). .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 2400. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 0300 UNTIL 0600...THEN SNOW LIKELY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....30-35. MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. PRECIPITATION.......AREAS OF TRACE TO 0.05 INCH AMOUNTS. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY. CHANCE OF SNOW 70 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....33-38. MIN HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW. HOURS OF SUN........1 HOURS. PRECIPITATION.......AREAS OF 0.05 TO 0.10 INCH AMOUNTS. MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 2300 FT AGL (AVE 12-6 PM). TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 26 MPH (AVE 12-6 PM). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....AROUND 51000 OR GOOD (AVE 12-6 PM). .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...COLDER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 20 TO 25. NORTHWEST WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 50 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 30 TO 35. NORTHWEST WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25. WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 35 TO 40. SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 40 TO 45. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 25 TO 30. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 30 TO 35. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 30 PERCENT. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25. NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 35 TO 40. NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
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