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SPOT FORECAST FOR PIPELINE...USFWS/ FLINT HILLS NWR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
741 AM CST WED JAN 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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 WEST 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 UPPER 30S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........39 AT IGNITION...MAX 49.
RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /20100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD
                    /57200 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 25.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
                    MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1500 KNOT-FT/.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 47.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...FAIR /15900 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...BLAIR
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090107.PIPEL.01/TOP