FNUS73 KTOP 061344
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BURGESS...US FISH/WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
744 AM CST FRI MAR 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WINDS WILL BE LIGHT NORTHWEST EARLY THIS MORNING THEN BECOME
NORTHEAST NEAR 7 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN BECOME EAST BETWEEN NOON
AND 1300. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE NEAR 41 PERCENT AT IGNITION
AND DECREASE TO AROUND 31 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. ONLY SOME HIGH
CIRRUS CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE BEAR 1680
KNOT-FT AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 3100 KNOT-FT BY 1300. SMOKE
DISPERSAL WILL BE FAIR TO GOOD.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 74.
RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /24000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD
                    /42900 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 56.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH
                    11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY
                    IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /3100 KNOT-FT/.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72.
RH..................MIN 60 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...GOOD /54200 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...WOYNICK
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090306.BURGE.01/TOP