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SPOT FORECAST FOR P-135...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
950 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SKIES WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY AT IGNITION. RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE
NEAR 70 PERCENT AT IGNITION AND DROP TO NEAR 44 PERCENT BY 1700.
SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE GOOD AT IGNITION WITH MIXING HEIGHTS NEAR
1370 FEET...IMPROVING TO 2330 KNOT FEET BY 1400. WINDS WILL
BE NORTHEAST NEAR 15 MPH AT IGNITION WITH GUSTS NEAR 25 MPH
EXPECTED BY 1200.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 59.
RH..................71 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 18
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /38300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /91200 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND
                    5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1800 KNOT-FT/.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 60.
RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /64400 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...WOYNICK/LEIGHTON
REQUESTED BY...ADAM ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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