National Weather Service United States Department of Commerce

Storm Impacting the Northwest U.S.; Fire Weather Conditions in Southern California; Severe Weather in the South

A Pacific storm is bringing areas of low elevation rain, moderate to heavy mountain snow, and high winds to the Northwest. Strong Santa Ana winds and very dry conditions are producing elevated to critical fire weather conditions in southern California. Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms are possible through early Wednesday morning across parts of northeast Texas into western Tennessee. Read More >

TTAA00 KMPX 012200
WRKBLN

HOT AIR BALLOON FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
416 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2025

MNZ060-012130-
Hennepin-
FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA
416 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025


DATE                                                 TUE 04/01/25       /
CDT        4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

TEMP       28 27 28 28 29 31 34 35 35 36 37 37 37 35 35 34 33 33 32 32 32 32 32 33
HT INDEX                                                                          
SFC WDIR   SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
SFC WSPD    3  4  5  6  8 10 12 12 12 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 17 16 15 15 15
SFC WGUST   8  9 11 13 15 17 20 21 21 22 24 26 28 28 28 28 29 30 30 30 28 28 28 27

500FT WDIR SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
500FT WSPD  6  9 12 12 15 17 18 18 18 18 17 16 15 16 15 14 14 14 14 15 15 15 14 14
1KFT WDIR   S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E
1KFT WSPD   9 14 20 23 26 26 22 22 23 23 23 24 26 27 28 28 29 30 31 30 29 27 25 23
3KFT WDIR  SE SE SE  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
3KFT WSPD  13 17 20 21 22 25 28 29 29 27 27 29 33 35 38 42 44 46 47 48 49 50 50 50

SKY COVER  SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR    |        11       |        67       |       100       |        83       

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL  1 2025.........SUNRISE   653 AM CDT   SUNSET   741 PM CDT     
APRIL  2 2025.........SUNRISE   651 AM CDT   SUNSET   742 PM CDT     

KMSP 010842Z 0109/0212 15005KT P6SM SCT250
     FM011200 13006KT P6SM BKN150
     FM011500 13010G17KT 6SM -RASN BR BKN040 OVC100
     FM011800 13013G23KT 5SM -RASN BR OVC030
     FM012100 12015G26KT 2SM -RASN BR OVC010
     FM020000 11015G27KT 2SM -RASN BR OVC006
     FM020800 12016G28KT 4SM -RA BR OVC008
&&

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.

$$

MNZ063-012130-
Washington-
FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
416 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025


DATE                                                 TUE 04/01/25       /
CDT        4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

TEMP       28 26 28 28 29 32 35 37 37 38 39 39 38 36 35 34 33 32 31 31 31 31 32 33
HT INDEX                                                                          
SFC WDIR   SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E SE SE SE SE
SFC WSPD    3  4  5  6  8 10 12 13 13 13 15 16 17 17 17 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
SFC WGUST   7  8 10 12 15 17 20 21 22 23 24 27 28 28 27 27 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29

500FT WDIR  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
500FT WSPD  9 11 13 12 13 16 17 17 18 17 18 18 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 16 16 16 15
1KFT WDIR   S SE SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E
1KFT WSPD  12 16 21 22 23 24 21 21 22 22 22 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 31 30 29 28 27 26
3KFT WDIR   S SE SE  S  S SE SE  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
3KFT WSPD  10 12 16 19 21 25 27 28 29 26 25 26 30 34 38 42 44 44 45 47 50 52 53 52

SKY COVER  FW SC SC BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR    |        10       |        38       |       100       |        87       

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL  1 2025.........SUNRISE   653 AM CDT   SUNSET   741 PM CDT     
APRIL  2 2025.........SUNRISE   651 AM CDT   SUNSET   742 PM CDT     

KRNH 010520Z 0106/0206 VRB03KT P6SM SKC
     FM011200 13006KT P6SM BKN200
     FM011700 13013KT P6SM BKN060 PROB30 0118/0121 5SM -RASN
      OVC025
     FM012100 12016KT 4SM -RASN BR OVC017
     FM012300 12016KT 2SM -SN BR OVC013
     FM020200 11019G28KT 1SM -SN BR OVC008
&&

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.

$$

MNZ049-012130-
Stearns-
FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA
416 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025


DATE                                                 TUE 04/01/25       /
CDT        4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

TEMP       27 25 27 28 28 31 32 32 32 32 33 34 34 34 34 33 32 32 32 31 30 31 30 31
HT INDEX                                                                          
SFC WDIR    E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
SFC WSPD    5  5  6  7  9 12 13 14 14 14 15 16 16 17 17 17 17 18 18 17 17 16 16 16
SFC WGUST  11 12 13 16 18 21 23 25 26 26 26 27 28 30 31 32 32 33 32 31 31 30 30 29

500FT WDIR  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E SE SE  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
500FT WSPD  5  6  6  7  9 13 14 15 16 16 15 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 15
1KFT WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
1KFT WSPD  11 13 16 18 22 23 22 22 24 24 23 23 24 26 28 27 28 29 29 27 25 23 21 20
3KFT WDIR  SE SE SE  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
3KFT WSPD  18 21 25 25 26 29 31 30 30 29 29 30 34 38 40 42 44 47 48 47 46 44 44 44

SKY COVER  BK BK BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR    |        12       |        95       |       100       |        94       

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL  1 2025.........SUNRISE   656 AM CDT   SUNSET   745 PM CDT     
APRIL  2 2025.........SUNRISE   654 AM CDT   SUNSET   746 PM CDT     

KSTC 010520Z 0106/0206 VRB04KT P6SM FEW050
     FM011300 12007KT P6SM BKN070
     FM011600 13012G21KT 6SM -RASN BR OVC030
     FM011800 12012G22KT 3SM -RASN BR OVC019
     FM012100 11015G24KT 2SM -RASN BR OVC009
     FM020000 11016G27KT 1SM -SN OVC007
&&

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.

$$

WIZ028-012130-
Eau Claire-
FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
416 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025


DATE                                                 TUE 04/01/25       /
CDT        4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

TEMP       28 26 27 27 29 32 35 37 39 40 40 41 40 38 35 32 30 29 29 30 30 31 32 32
HT INDEX                                                                          
SFC WDIR   SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E  E
SFC WSPD    4  4  4  5  7  9 11 12 12 13 14 14 15 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 15 16 16 17
SFC WGUST   9 10 10 11 14 17 19 21 21 22 24 25 27 28 28 28 29 29 28 28 28 28 29 30

500FT WDIR  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
500FT WSPD  8  9 10  9 10 12 14 15 16 16 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 15 15 14 13 13 14 16
1KFT WDIR   S  S  S SE  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
1KFT WSPD  13 14 15 17 18 20 19 18 19 20 19 20 22 24 27 29 30 30 29 28 27 27 28 29
3KFT WDIR   E  E  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
3KFT WSPD   3  4 10 13 14 18 23 26 27 24 22 21 24 29 33 38 40 40 40 43 45 48 50 52

SKY COVER  FW FW SC SC SC BK BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR    |        0        |        12       |       100       |        88       

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL  1 2025.........SUNRISE   646 AM CDT   SUNSET   734 PM CDT     
APRIL  2 2025.........SUNRISE   644 AM CDT   SUNSET   735 PM CDT     

KEAU 010520Z 0106/0206 VRB04KT P6SM SKC
     FM011300 14005KT P6SM SCT200
     FM011500 14008KT P6SM BKN120
     FM011700 13011KT P6SM OVC060
     FM012000 13012G21KT 6SM -RA BR OVC035
     FM012200 12013G22KT 4SM -RASN BR OVC029
     FM020000 12014G24KT 3SM -SN BR OVC019
     FM020200 11015G26KT 2SM -SN OVC012=
&&

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.

$$

MNZ093-012130-
Freeborn-
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
416 AM CDT Tue Apr 1 2025


DATE                                                 TUE 04/01/25       /
CDT        4A 5A 6A 7A 8A 9A 10 11 12 1P 2P 3P 4P 5P 6P 7P 8P 9P 10 11 12 1A 2A 3A

TEMP       29 28 29 29 29 32 34 36 37 38 37 37 37 36 36 36 35 35 35 36 36 35 36 36
HT INDEX                                                                          
SFC WDIR   SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
SFC WSPD    6  8 10 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 21 22 23 23 22 21 21 20 20 20 21 21 20 19
SFC WGUST  13 16 19 22 23 25 26 27 29 30 33 34 36 36 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 33 32

500FT WDIR  E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E  E
500FT WSPD  8  9 10 12 13 16 17 17 18 17 16 18 19 19 18 18 18 17 18 18 17 17 17 17
1KFT WDIR  SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE  E  E  E
1KFT WSPD  21 25 27 28 27 28 26 26 26 25 26 28 29 30 29 29 30 31 31 29 25 22 20 18
3KFT WDIR   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE
3KFT WSPD  15 18 18 21 22 22 27 29 33 32 33 34 38 42 45 47 50 53 55 54 52 50 48 46

SKY COVER  FW SC SC SC BK BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
 POP6HR    |        6        |        99       |        88       |        91       

SUNRISE AND SUNSET                                                    
APRIL  1 2025.........SUNRISE   651 AM CDT   SUNSET   737 PM CDT     
APRIL  2 2025.........SUNRISE   649 AM CDT   SUNSET   739 PM CDT     

KRST 010520Z 0106/0206 13008KT P6SM FEW250
     FM011300 14013G20KT P6SM OVC060
     FM012000 13018G27KT 3SM -RASN OVC020
     FM020100 12020G30KT P6SM OVC010 PROB30 0201/0206 3SM -SHRA
      OVC008
&&

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.

$$