FNUS73 KMPX 202115 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Betterly...USFWS National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 415 PM CDT Mon Apr 20 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 21. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION...For Tuesday, sunny skies will allow temperatures to rise into the lower 70s by late afternoon. Humidities will fall to 20 to 25 percent in response. Humidities may drop into the upper teens if slightly warmer temperatures can occur. Light north- northeasterly winds in the morning will turn northerly by noon and increase to near 7 knots. Gusts will near 12 knots during the afternoon. Winds slow and become easterly Tuesday evening. .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Temperature.........51 at ignition...Max 71. RH..................70 percent at ignition...Min 23 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds northeast at 5 mph at ignition...otherwise North winds 5 to 8 mph increasing to 7 to 8 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor /5300 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /43600 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 8 to 12 mph. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM Sky cover.......MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............51 58 62 66 69 70 71 71 71 70 67 63 RH..............70 56 47 38 32 28 25 23 24 26 29 33 20 FT wind dir..NE N N N N N N N N N N NE 20 FT wind spd..5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 20 FT wind gust.8 9 10 12 13 13 13 13 12 10 8 8 Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.4 2.1 2.9 3.5 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.5 0.7 0.4 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N NE Transp wind spd.8 10 10 12 10 12 10 12 10 9 6 7 .TUESDAY NIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (5-15 percent). Temperature.........Min 44. RH..................Max 69 percent. Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 7 mph early in the evening becoming light, then becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph overnight. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (28300 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1700 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 6 to 9 mph shifting to the east 6 to 14 mph in the late evening and overnight. .WEDNESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Temperature.........Max 77. RH..................Min 40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 6 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (74200 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 15 to 23 mph. $$ Forecaster...Grunzke Requested by...Tracy Ronnander Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2610976.0/MPX .DELDT 04/20/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL tracy_ronnander@fws.gov