Minnesota Fire Weather Zone 055

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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. DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- YELLOW MEDICINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...MORRIS... GLENWOOD...MADISON...BENSON...MONTEVIDEO...GRANITE FALLS 420 AM CST TUE NOV 24 2009 .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. AREAS OF FOG UNTIL 0900. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN UNTIL 1200. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....39-44. MIN HUMIDITY........68-73 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW. HOURS OF SUN........3 HOURS. PRECIPITATION.......ISOLATED TRACE TO 0.05 INCH AMOUNTS. MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 1900 FT AGL (AVE 12-6 PM). TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 14 MPH (AVE 12-6 PM). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....AROUND 25000 OR FAIR (AVE 12-6 PM). .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY UNTIL 0100...THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW AFTER 2400 UNTIL 0300...THEN CHANCE OF SNOW. CHANCE OF SNOW 50 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....28-33. MAX HUMIDITY........87-92 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. PRECIPITATION.......SCATTERED TRACE TO 0.05 INCH AMOUNTS. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW UNTIL 1800...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. CHANCE OF SNOW 50 PERCENT. MAX TEMPERATURE.....32-37. MIN HUMIDITY........70-75 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW. HOURS OF SUN........1 HOURS. PRECIPITATION.......SCATTERED TRACE TO 0.05 INCH AMOUNTS. MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 3100 FT AGL (AVE 12-6 PM). TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 32 MPH (AVE 12-6 PM). SMOKE DISPERSAL.....AROUND 85000 OR EXCELLENT (AVE 12-6 PM). .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS 20 TO 25. NORTHWEST WINDS 16 TO 21 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 20 PERCENT. .THURSDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 30 TO 35. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. .THURSDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 35 TO 40. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 20 TO 25. SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 40 TO 45. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. .SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 25 TO 30. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 30 TO 35. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF SNOW 20 PERCENT. .SUNDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS 20 TO 25. NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS 35 TO 40. NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH.
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