FNUS73 KSGF 211555 CCA FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR BEEFSTEAK NORTH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 943 AM CST WED JAN 21 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CST ON JANUARY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY WEATHER WILL THROUGH THURSDAY. A SOUTH WIND WILL SLOWLY VEER AROUND TO THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND BACK TO THE SOUTH TONIGHT. AFTERNOON SURFACE WIND SPEEDS WILL BE BELOW 10 MPH WITH LIGHT WINDS TONIGHT. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 40S. LOOK FOR THE TEMPERATURE TO REACH THE LOWER 40S TO HIT THE 1700 FOOT MIXING HEIGHT. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30 PERCENT RANGE AROUND MID AFTERNOON WITH GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. EVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY WITH HIGHS NEAR 60. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP DOWN CLOSE TO 40 PERCENT AROUND MID AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....42 AT IGNITION...MAX 44. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900 FT AGL AT IGNITION...MAXIMUM 2100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 22 MPH. TIME (CST) 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TEMP............42 42 RH..............39 43 20 FT WIND......SW 7 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1900 1900 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 21 SW 22 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 27. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 84 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A. TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............38 34 31 31 30 29 RH..............52 62 73 76 79 82 20 FT WIND......SW 5 SW 5 SW 4 SW 5 SW 4 SW 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 500 200 200 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..W 22 W 20 W 16 W 14 W 14 W 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 56. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 39 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 26 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............28 31 40 50 54 54 RH..............86 84 65 46 40 41 20 FT WIND......SW 3 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 6 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....200 300 500 800 1300 1200 TRANSPORT WIND..W 16 SW 16 SW 17 SW 18 SW 22 SW 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...ANGLE REQUESTED BY...CHARLENE ROGERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090121.BEEFS.01/SGF