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SPOT FORECAST FOR K-56...BIA HORTON AGENCY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
911 AM CST THU MAR 5 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON MARCH 05.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN NEBRASKA WILL MOVE EAST INTO EASTERN
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LOW...WEST AND SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR VERY DRY AIR OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS TO PUSH
EASTWARD AS THE TEMPERATURE WARMS TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS WILL DROP BELOW 25 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD
REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT ALONG THE HIGHWAY 75 CORRIDOR. WITH SUNNY SKIES
AND GOOD MIXING TODAY...HIGHS TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE INTO THE MID
TO UPPER 70S. WINDS WILL DECREASE THIS EVENING AND BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY
AND THIS WILL ALLOW FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE THROUGH THE
EVENING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 75.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 16 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /24900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD
                    /36400 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.
RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5
                    MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 TO 7
                    MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1200 KNOT-FT/.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5
                    TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...GOOD /52400 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...BLAIR
REQUESTED BY...ADAM ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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