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SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASS BURN...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1259 PM CST FRI FEB 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 CST ON FEBRUARY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WITH AN HOURLY WEATHER REPORT AT 58...YOU SHOULD BE CLOSE TO HIGH
TEMPERATURES FOR TODAY. WITH AN INCREASE OF ANOTHER DEGREE OR
TWO...RH WOULD DROP TO NEAR 28 PERCENT AROUND 3PM. LIGHT WINDS
WILL TAKE ON A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT...AND BECOME SLIGHTLY SOUTHWEST
BY 3PM. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT WIND SPEEDS WILL REMAIN AT OR
BELOW 10 MPH...AND WILL CONTACT IF WE SEE A CHANGE.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (30-40%).

TEMPERATURE.........58 AT IGNITION...MAX 60.

RH..................32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28.

WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING
SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH BY 3PM.

HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /26800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION...
MAX...GOOD /40100 KNOT-FT/.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 23.
RH..................MAX 62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH SHIFTING
                    TO THE NORTH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
                    MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH UNTIL
                    EARLY MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...FAIR /25300 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...CRAVEN
REQUESTED BY...BIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090220.BIABU.01/TOP