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SPOT FORECAST FOR P-51...BIA-HOA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
744 AM CST TUE JAN 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON JANUARY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY CLEAR TO BEGIN THE DAY WITH HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS
OVERSPREADING THE AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF A POCKET OF LOW LEVEL
STRATUS CLOUDS WERE FROM EMPORIA TO LAWRENCE AS OF 730 AM THIS
MORNING. THESE CLOUDS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH-NORTHEAST BUT ARE
EXPECTED TO MIX OUT AS THEY MOVE NORTH OF I-70 BY MID MORNING.
WIND SPEEDS WILL INITIALLY BE VARIABLE AT OR BELOW 5 MPH THIS
MORNING BUT WILL BECOME NORTHWESTERLY AT 5 TO 10 MPH BY MIDDAY. AN
INCREASE IN MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL ALSO BECOME APPARENT BY LATE
MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. DEWPOINTS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
CHANGE MUCH AS THE DAY PROGRESSES...REMAINING IN THE MIDDLE TEENS.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 40S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........31 AT IGNITION...MAX 41.
RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /9000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...FAIR
                    /23500 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 22.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2300 KNOT-FT/.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 46.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /62300 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...BLAIR
REQUESTED BY...ADAM ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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