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HOT AIR BALLOON FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
716 PM CDT FRI OCT 3 2025

MNZ060-041230-
Hennepin-
FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA
716 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025


DATE                                                                                   /
CDT        7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P

TEMP       81 79 76 75 75 74 74 73 72 72 72 71 71 73 76 78 81 84 88 90 91 91 90 87
HT INDEX   82 79 76 75 75 74 74 73 72 72 72 71 71 73 76 78 82 85 88 91 92 91 90 87
SFC WDIR    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD    7  7  7  8  9  9  9  9 10 10 11 11 11 12 13 15 16 17 17 18 18 18 17 17
SFC WGUST  12 14 15 17 17 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 21 23 25 29 30 32 34 34 34 34 35 33

500FT WDIR SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
500FT WSPD 10 13 16 17 18 18 17 17 17 14 15 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 16 16 15  0  0
1KFT WDIR   S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
1KFT WSPD  14 20 26 30 32 34 35 36 35 34 33 33 33 32 29 27 26 26 27 28 29 30  0  0
3KFT WDIR   S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  N  N
3KFT WSPD  20 23 25 26 28 30 31 34 35 34 34 35 36 37 38 39 38 38 38 38 38 40  0  0

SKY COVER  FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC SC FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
 POP6HR    |        0        |        0        |        0        |        1        

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  3 2025.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 PM CDT     

KMSP 032320Z 0400/0506 16007KT P6SM FEW250
     FM040500 18008KT P6SM FEW250 WS020/20035KT
     FM041400 19013G25KT P6SM SKC
     FM041700 19017G30KT P6SM SKC
&&

TEMP...2M TEMPERATURE. HT INDEX...HEAT INDEX IF 60 DEGREES OR HIGHER. 
SFC.....SURFACE. 500FT...500 FEET AGL. 1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + is 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY 

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

MNZ063-041230-
Washington-
FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
716 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025


DATE                                                                                   /
CDT        7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P

TEMP       79 76 73 72 72 71 71 70 70 69 69 69 69 72 74 77 80 83 86 88 89 89 88 85
HT INDEX   79 76 73 72 72 71 71 70 70 69 69 69 69 72 74 77 82 84 87 89 90 90 89 86
SFC WDIR    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD    6  5  5  6  7  7  7  8  8  9  9  9  9 10 13 15 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 17
SFC WGUST  11 11 13 14 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 19 19 21 25 29 29 30 31 31 31 32 32 30

500FT WDIR SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
500FT WSPD  8 10 13 15 16 16 17 17 16 15 15 15 15 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 16 15  0  0
1KFT WDIR   S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
1KFT WSPD  10 14 20 25 29 32 34 34 34 32 32 32 32 31 29 27 26 26 26 27 28 30  0  0
3KFT WDIR  SW  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  N  N
3KFT WSPD  18 21 24 25 26 28 29 30 32 33 32 32 33 35 36 37 38 38 38 38 38 39  0  0

SKY COVER  FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
 POP6HR    |        0        |        0        |        0        |        1        

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  3 2025.......SUNRISE   714 AM CDT   SUNSET   649 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   715 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 PM CDT     

KRNH 032320Z 0400/0424 VRB04KT P6SM FEW250
     FM040700 18007KT P6SM FEW250
     FM041000 18009KT P6SM FEW250
     FM041700 19018G28KT P6SM SKC
&&

TEMP...2M TEMPERATURE. HT INDEX...HEAT INDEX IF 60 DEGREES OR HIGHER. 
SFC.....SURFACE. 500FT...500 FEET AGL. 1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + is 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY 

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

MNZ049-041230-
Stearns-
FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA
716 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025


DATE                                                                                   /
CDT        7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P

TEMP       80 77 74 74 73 72 71 71 70 69 69 69 68 71 73 76 79 82 87 89 90 90 89 86
HT INDEX   80 77 74 74 73 72 71 71 70 69 69 69 68 71 73 76 79 83 87 89 90 90 89 86
SFC WDIR    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD    9  9  9  9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 12 14 16 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 17
SFC WGUST  17 18 20 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 22 22 21 22 25 29 29 29 28 28 29 30 29 30

500FT WDIR SE SE  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
500FT WSPD  8  9  9  9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 13 14 15 15 15 16 17 17  0  0
1KFT WDIR   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
1KFT WSPD  22 26 29 31 33 33 33 34 33 31 31 29 29 27 25 24 23 22 23 24 25 26  0  0
3KFT WDIR   S  S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  N  N
3KFT WSPD  27 30 31 33 35 38 38 40 39 39 38 39 38 37 36 35 32 28 26 26 29 32  0  0

SKY COVER  SC SC SC SC FW SC SC SC SC FW FW FW FW FW CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
 POP6HR    |        0        |        0        |        0        |        1        

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  3 2025.......SUNRISE   717 AM CDT   SUNSET   652 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   719 AM CDT   SUNSET   650 PM CDT     

KSTC 032320Z 0400/0424 15006KT P6SM FEW250
     FM040400 17008KT P6SM FEW250 WS020/20040KT
     FM041400 19012G24KT P6SM SKC
     FM042100 18016G31KT P6SM FEW250
&&

TEMP...2M TEMPERATURE. HT INDEX...HEAT INDEX IF 60 DEGREES OR HIGHER. 
SFC.....SURFACE. 500FT...500 FEET AGL. 1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + is 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY 

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

WIZ028-041230-
Eau Claire-
FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
716 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025


DATE                                                                                   /
CDT        7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P

TEMP       78 75 71 70 69 69 68 67 67 66 66 66 65 69 72 76 79 81 84 86 88 88 87 84
HT INDEX   78 75 71 70 69 69 68 67 67 66 66 66 65 69 72 76 79 83 85 87 88 88 87 84
SFC WDIR    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD    4  3  3  3  4  4  4  4  5  5  5  6  6  7  9 11 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13
SFC WGUST   7  8  9 10 11 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 16 18 22 26 28 28 28 29 30 29 29 27

500FT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
500FT WSPD  4  6  8 11 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 13 14 15 16 16 16 15 14  0  0
1KFT WDIR  SW  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
1KFT WSPD   6  9 14 20 24 27 28 28 28 28 29 29 30 29 27 25 24 24 24 25 26 27  0  0
3KFT WDIR  SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  N  N
3KFT WSPD  11 13 16 18 21 23 24 26 28 30 29 27 27 28 30 32 33 33 34 34 34 35  0  0

SKY COVER  FW CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW SC SC FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW
 POP6HR    |        0        |        0        |        1        |        2        

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  3 2025.......SUNRISE   707 AM CDT   SUNSET   642 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   708 AM CDT   SUNSET   640 PM CDT     

KEAU 032320Z 0400/0424 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
     FM041100 17006KT P6SM FEW250
     FM041300 18007KT P6SM FEW250
     FM041500 19012G25KT P6SM SKC=
&&

TEMP...2M TEMPERATURE. HT INDEX...HEAT INDEX IF 60 DEGREES OR HIGHER. 
SFC.....SURFACE. 500FT...500 FEET AGL. 1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + is 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY 

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$

MNZ093-041230-
Freeborn-
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
716 PM CDT Fri Oct 3 2025


DATE                                                                                   /
CDT        7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A 4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P

TEMP       80 77 73 71 71 70 70 69 68 68 68 67 67 70 74 77 80 83 86 88 90 90 89 86
HT INDEX   81 77 73 71 71 70 70 69 68 68 68 67 67 70 74 77 81 84 86 88 90 90      
SFC WDIR    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SFC WSPD    8  7  7  8  8  8  8  8  9  9 10 11 11 12 14 17 18 20 19 20 20 20 20 19
SFC WGUST  13 14 15 16 17 17 17 17 19 19 20 21 22 24 27 31 31 31 32 33 32 32 32 31

500FT WDIR  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
500FT WSPD  6  6  7  8  9  8  8  9  9  9  9  9 10 11 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 20  0  0
1KFT WDIR   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SW  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  N  N
1KFT WSPD  18 21 24 28 30 30 30 30 31 31 30 29 30 29 27 26 27 28 29 30 31 32  0  0
3KFT WDIR   S  S  S  S  S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW  S  S  S  S  N  N
3KFT WSPD  19 21 23 24 25 25 27 28 32 35 34 35 34 35 36 38 39 40 41 40 39 38  0  0

SKY COVER  CL CL CL CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW CL CL CL FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW FW
 POP6HR    |        0        |        0        |        1        |        0        

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
OCTOBER  3 2025.......SUNRISE   710 AM CDT   SUNSET   647 PM CDT     
OCTOBER  4 2025.......SUNRISE   712 AM CDT   SUNSET   645 PM CDT     

KRST 032320Z 0400/0424 18008KT P6SM SKC
     FM040900 19010G18KT P6SM SKC
     FM041500 19018G29KT P6SM SKC
     FM041800 19020G35KT P6SM FEW250
&&

TEMP...2M TEMPERATURE. HT INDEX...HEAT INDEX IF 60 DEGREES OR HIGHER. 
SFC.....SURFACE. 500FT...500 FEET AGL. 1KFT...1000 FEET AGL. 3KFT...3000 FEET AGL. 
WDIR....WIND DIRECTION. WSPD...WIND SPEED IN KTS. WGST...WIND GUST IN KTS.
POP6HR..6-HOUR PROBABILITY OF MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION (0.01 INCH OR MORE).

NOTE: + is 100 PERCENT PROBABILITY 

THIS FORECAST IS NOT ROUTINELY UPDATED OR AMENDED OUTSIDE OF SCHEDULED ISSUANCES.

$$