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SPOT FORECAST FOR KC13...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
954 AM CDT SUN MAR 22 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0945 CDT ON MARCH 22.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THE MAJOR PROBLEM TODAY WILL BE WINDS. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THEY SHOULD BE
SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. MIN RH WILL BE AROUND 45
PERCENT...THOUGH IF WE MIX A BIT DEEPER WE COULD DROP TO 40 PERCENT. BUT THERE
ARE MID 40 DEW POINTS EXTENDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS OKLAHOMA AND THE SOUTHERLY
WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE TO ADVECT THESE MID 40 DEW POINTS NORTH AND COUNTER ACT
THE MIXING.

IF YOU NEED AN UPDATE GIVE US A CALL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 15.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /23700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /156900 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...GARGAN
REQUESTED BY...BIA
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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