FNUS73 KMPX 241124 FWSMPX Spot Forecast for Mud Lake Rx...MN DNR National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 624 AM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on April 24. Please contact our office if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Although it is still breezy this morning, high pressure coming in from the Dakotas will result in a gradual decrease in the northwest wind speeds through the day. Given the passage of the cold front Thursday, we have a cooler, though dry airmass in place, with afternoon humidities possibly dipping into the 25-30% range. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent). Temperature.........48 at ignition...Max 63. RH..................56 percent at ignition...Min 31 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Winds northwest at 10 mph at ignition...otherwise Northwest winds 7 to 10 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good /46400 knot-ft/ at ignition. Max...good /51700 knot-ft/. Mixing height.......2700 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 4600 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 13 to 20 mph. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM Sky cover.......MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Temp............48 51 53 56 58 60 61 63 61 60 57 51 RH..............56 52 46 42 39 36 33 31 33 35 38 46 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N 20 FT wind spd..10 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 6 6 5 3 20 FT wind gust.20 20 18 17 16 16 16 14 13 12 10 9 Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.6 2.4 0.6 0.5 Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW N Transp wind spd.20 20 17 15 15 14 13 13 12 10 7 7 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent) then becoming partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Temperature.........Min 40. RH..................Max 70 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening becoming light. Smoke dispersal.....Good (45700 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (1700 knot-ft) late in the night. Mixing height.......300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 12 mph shifting to the northeast around 6 mph after 3 am. .SATURDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Temperature.........Max 62. RH..................Min 40 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 6 mph early in the afternoon, then becoming around 6 mph late in the afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (25500 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast around 5 mph shifting to the southeast around 7 mph early in the morning, then shifting to the west 5 to 10 mph in the late morning and early afternoon shifting to the southeast 6 to 7 mph late in the afternoon. $$ Forecaster...Griesinger Requested by...Dalton Mouritsen Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2611543.0/MPX .DELDT 04/24/26 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL dalton.mouritsen@state.mn.us