FNUS73 KLOT 061438 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER DRUMMOND...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 838 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON MARCH 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY TRACK ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST ILLINOIS THIS MORNING AND THEN STALL ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS EVENING. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON. PARTLY SUNNY SKIES WITH SOME PASSING HIGHER LEVEL CLOUDS ALONG WITH CONTINUED MILD TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 65. RH..................52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL BY 3 PM...DECREASING TO AROUND 1500 FT TOWARD EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........41 47 53 59 63 68 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............64 66 67 66 65 62 RH..............55 50 48 47 48 50 20 FT WIND DIR..300 310 310 320 330 000 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 4 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.7 3.2 3.5 3.5 2.6 1.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.300 300 310 310 330 000 TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 10 9 8 7 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL EARLY MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40. RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS UNTIL 0300...THEN 9-15 STRIKES. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 16 TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........72 75 78 81 84 87 90 92 93 95 97 98 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TSM TSM TSM TEMP............59 56 52 50 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 RH..............53 58 63 67 70 71 73 75 76 78 83 88 20 FT WIND DIR..010 030 060 070 070 070 080 080 090 100 100 090 20 FT WIND SPD..2 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.020 030 050 070 070 070 080 080 090 100 100 090 TRANSP WIND SPD.8 12 16 20 21 21 21 20 18 17 16 16 CWR.............30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 60 60 60 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 47. RH..................MIN 72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT. LAL.................16-25 STRIKES. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 13 TO 20 MPH. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............40 42 44 46 47 47 47 47 47 45 44 43 RH..............90 87 82 76 72 72 73 75 78 85 90 93 20 FT WIND DIR..080 080 070 070 060 060 050 050 050 050 050 050 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.080 080 070 070 060 060 050 050 050 040 050 050 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 16 15 14 13 14 15 17 18 20 CWR.............80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 80 LAL.............4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...MARSILI REQUESTED BY...JERRY HOFFMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090306.LOWER.01/LOT