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SPOT FORECAST FOR POTT...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
302 PM CST SUN FEB 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1530 CST ON FEBRUARY 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

NORTHERLY WINDS AT OR BELOW 5 MPH TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS UNDER 10 MPH THROUGHOUT THE
LOWEST 3,000FT WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. BY
EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT...WINDS WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
THE LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR IGNITION TIME AT 29 PERCENT.
MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........40 AT IGNITION...MAX 41.
RH..................29 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    TOWARD EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...POOR
                    /5900 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 23.
RH..................MAX 69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 8
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2900 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...BLAIR
REQUESTED BY...BIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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