FNUS73 KLSX 141540
FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR HILL PRAIRIE BURN...PRINCIPIA COLLEGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1040 AM CDT SAT MAR 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1115 CDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
INVERSION WILL BE LIFTING RAPIDLY FROM IGNITION TIME INTO
MID AFTERNOON.  HOWEVER...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT...
KEEPING VENTILATION RATES POOR.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 54.
RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...MAX OF 2700 FT AGL
                    BY MID AFTERNOON .
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....POOR (2969 M 2/S).

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FORECASTER...TRUETT
REQUESTED BY...EVY RIMBENIEKS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090314.HILLP.01/LSX