FNUS73 KTOP 071822
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIA-BURN...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1222 PM CST SAT MAR 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1240 CST ON MARCH 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BISECT THE DISTRICT FROM SOUTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST TODAY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SINK SOUTHEAST THIS
AFTERNOON...AND CLEAR THE ENTIRE AREA BY LATE TONIGHT. GUST SOUTH
TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE COMMON SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...WITH
NORTH TO EAST WINDS NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE
EXCELLENT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BUT MORE LIMITED BEHIND.
PRECIPITATION CHANCES ARE SMALL TODAY...BUT INCREASE TONIGHT AS
THE FRONT AND AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM SURGE THROUGH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD EVENING. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 68.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH LATE IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 5 TO 6 MPH
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH TOWARD EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /66700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /67800 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...BOUSTEAD
REQUESTED BY...BIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090307.BIABU.01/TOP