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SPOT FORECAST FOR P-178...BIA-HOA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
815 AM CST WED JAN 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CST ON JANUARY 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL OVERSPREAD MOST OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS
THROUGH THE DAY WITH CEILINGS GRADUALLY LOWERING TO 7,000 FT BY
AFTERNOON. SUSTAINED NORTHWEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH WILL EXIST THROUGH
THE DAY. WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE NORTH SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET
BEFORE WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE OVERNIGHT. SURFACE
DEWPOINTS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 20S
TODAY. ABOVE NORMAL HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE UPPER 40S TO
NEAR 50 DEGREES BY MID AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES IN THE MID 40S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........31 AT IGNITION...MAX 43.
RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 11 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH TOWARD
                    EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /7100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...FAIR
                    /29400 KNOT-FT/.

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