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Spot Forecast for Big Kandi Rx...WFS NPS

National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

411 AM CDT Tue Apr 21 2026



Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 21. 

Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with 

this forecast.



.DISCUSSION...Clear skies are expected throughout the day today. 

RH values will drop to around 20 percent between 3pm-6pm.

However, Red Flag conditions are not expected to be met due

to winds from the north remaining under 10mph with gusts under

15mph.



.REST OF TODAY...



Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). 

Temperature.........47 at ignition...Max 74. 

RH..................68 percent at ignition...Min 21 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........Winds north at 6 mph at ignition...otherwise 

                    Northeast winds 6 to 7 mph. 

Smoke dispersal.....Poor /5600 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...fair 

                    /29400 knot-ft/. 

Mixing height.......400 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4500 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....North 6 to 15 mph. 



TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 

Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR 

Weather cov.....                                                

Weather type....                                                

Tstm cov........                                                

Temp............47  52  58  62  65  69  70  72  73  72  72  71  

RH..............68  56  45  38  33  27  25  22  21  21  22  24  

20 FT wind dir..N   NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   NE  NE  E   

20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   7   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   6   

20 FT wind gust.12  12  13  13  13  13  12  12  12  12  10  9   

Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.8 1.2 1.8 2.5 3.4 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.1 3.4 

Transp wind dir.NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   NE  E   

Transp wind spd.15  14  10  10  8   9   8   8   7   6   6   6   



.TONIGHT...



Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). 

Temperature.........Min 47. 

RH..................Max 71 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........East winds around 6 mph shifting to the 

                    southeast 6 to 10 mph in the late evening and 

                    overnight. 

Smoke dispersal.....Fair (20700 knot-ft) early in the evening 

                    decreasing to poor (3600 knot-ft) late in the 

                    night. 

Mixing height.......400 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....Northeast around 6 mph shifting to the 

                    southeast 8 to 15 mph early in the evening, 

                    then shifting to the south 14 to 16 mph after 3 

                    am. 



.WEDNESDAY...



Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). 

Temperature.........Max 85. 

RH..................Min 28 percent. 

Wind (20 ft)........Southeast winds 10 to 18 mph shifting to the 

                    south 20 to 22 mph in the afternoon. 

Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6300 knot-ft) early in the morning 

                    increasing to excellent (85800 knot-ft) in the 

                    afternoon increasing to excellent (118200 

                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon. 

Mixing height.......6200 ft AGL. 

Transport winds.....South 17 to 26 mph increasing to 28 to 31 mph 

                    in the afternoon. 



$$

Forecaster...Calderone

Requested by...Logan Baird

Type of request...PRESCRIBED

.TAG 2610906.0/MPX

.DELDT 04/21/26

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.EMAIL lbaird@blm.gov,Jhiggins@nltfpd.net