FNUS73 KLOT 251527 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER DRUMMOND...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 927 AM CST WED FEB 25 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON FEBRUARY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SPRINKLES AND A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL TURN NORTH BEHIND IT AND THEN EAST AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT BY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SPRINKLES IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 46. RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 64 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AT IGNITION. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL AT IGNITION. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 17 TO 25 MPH. VENTILATION CAT.....POOR/14000 KNOT-FT TIME (CST) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........83 74 64 61 57 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............45 46 45 45 44 RH..............65 64 68 70 74 20 FT WIND DIR..180 200 210 220 230 20 FT WIND SPD..11 12 12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.200 220 240 270 290 TRANSP WIND SPD.24 23 21 20 17 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1000 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 16 MPH. VENTILATION CAT.....POOR/13000 KNOT-FT TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........54 52 50 47 45 43 41 49 58 66 74 82 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............42 40 39 39 38 37 36 35 35 34 34 33 RH..............80 84 86 86 88 86 89 89 89 92 92 96 20 FT WIND DIR..310 310 320 330 340 000 010 020 040 050 050 070 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.300 300 320 330 340 350 000 010 030 040 060 080 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14 13 12 10 10 9 9 10 10 12 13 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50. RH..................MIN 85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING THEN DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 14 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 24 TO 29 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. VENTILATION CAT.....POOR/33000 KNOT-FT TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........90 92 93 95 97 98 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............34 34 36 39 42 45 47 49 50 49 49 46 RH..............96 96 96 97 93 88 87 85 86 91 93 96 20 FT WIND DIR..070 080 090 100 100 110 110 120 140 150 150 170 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.090 090 100 110 110 120 130 130 140 150 160 170 TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 17 18 20 22 23 24 26 28 29 29 CWR.............90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 $$ FORECASTER...LENNING REQUESTED BY...JERRY HOFFMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090225.LOWER.01/LOT