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SPOT FORECAST FOR USFWS FLINT HILLS REFUGE...US FISH/WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
103 PM 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...

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO THE EARLIER FORECAST. DRIER AIR IS MIXING
DOWN RESULTING IN LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEAR 20 PERCENT OR
SLIGHTLY LESS THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE OUT OT THE
EAST NEAR 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 23 MPH. SMOKE
DISPERSAL WILL BE EXCELLENT WITH MIXING HEIGHTS OVER 6000 FT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 64.
RH..................MIN 20 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /83100 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36.
RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 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 5 TO 10 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
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