FNUS73 KTOP 151519 FWSTOP SPOT FORECAST FOR P-772...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1019 AM CDT SUN MAR 15 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WEAK UPPER TROUGH OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS NORTHEAST KS AND SOUTHEAST NE THIS AFTERNOON. THERE MAY BE SOME SPRINKLES THIS MORNING...AND POTENTIALLY SOME LIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES WILL RANGE FROM PARTLY CLOUDY TO AT TIMES MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE ACROSS YOUR AREA AT 1000 AM CDT...BUT SHOULD BECOME SOUTHERLY THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS AND INCREASE IN SPEEDS TO 12 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OF 20 MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IF YOU NEED AN UPDATE CALL THE TOPEKA NWS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF SHOWERS 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 61. RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 11 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /20800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT /81500 KNOT-FT/. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1800 KNOT-FT/. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76. RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. HAINES INDEX........MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...GOOD /51400 KNOT-FT/. $$ FORECASTER...GARGAN REQUESTED BY...ADAM ROGERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090315.P772_.01/TOP