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SPOT FORECAST FOR USFWS FLINT HILLS REFUGE...US FISH/WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
931 AM CDT THU MAR 19 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0940 CDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE NEAR 52 PERCENT AT IGNITION DECREASING
TO 39 PERCENT BY NOON AND TO A MIN NEAR 28 PERCENT BY 1600. MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKIES WITH BASES ABOVE 12000 FT AGL EXPECTED AT IGNITION
BECOMING SCATTERED BETWEEN 1400 TO 1500. WINDS NORTHEAST AROUND 6
MPH AT IGNITION THEN BECOMING EAST NEAR 10 MPH BY 1300. MIXING
HEIGHTS WILL BE NEAR 772 FT AT IGNITION WITH FAIR SMOKE
DISPERSAL...IMPROVING TO 2500 FT BY NOON WITH EXCELLENT SMOKE
DISPERSAL EXPECTED BY 1300 WITH MIXING HEIGHTS ABOVE 5000 FT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........47 AT IGNITION...MAX 61.
RH..................52 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /14600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /83100 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36.
RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2800 KNOT-FT/.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59.
RH..................MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH INCREASING TO 12 TO
                    17 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /64900 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...WOYNICK
REQUESTED BY...TIM MENARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090319.USFWS.01/TOP