FNUS73 KTOP 071322 FWSTOP SPOT FORECAST FOR OLPE CORNER WEST...US FISH/WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 722 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0713 CST ON MARCH 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL BE SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SKIES WILL REMAIN CLOUDY WITH CLOUDS ABOVE 12,000 FT. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE GOOD THIS MORNING...AND EXCELLENT THIS AFTERNOON. SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 10 AM THIS MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........69 AT REQUEST...MAX 73. RH..................58 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 55. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 18 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT REQUEST...MAX 4. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /54000 KNOT-FT/ AT REQUEST.MAX...EXCELLENT /110000 KNOT-FT/. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46. RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /3000 KNOT-FT/. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH BECOMING WEST AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO NORTHWEST WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. $$ FORECASTER...WOYNICK REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090307.OLPEC.01/TOP