FNUS73 KDDC 260242 FWSDDC SPOT FORECAST FOR EAST SIDE QUIVIRA...STAFFORD EM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 942 PM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2136 CDT ON MARCH 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A LEE SIDE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE WILL PERSIST IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO TONIGHT BEFORE BEGINNING TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WILL RESULT IN LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS BECOMING MORE EASTERLY BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY. WINDS WILL ALSO STRENGTHEN BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTY. RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHWEST KANSAS THURSDAY AFTERNOON WITH SNOW LIKELY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 16 TO 20 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........45 44 55 69 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 40 37 36 RH..............57 64 75 82 20 FT WIND......SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 WIND GUST..15 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 50 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200-3800 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 18 TO 26 MPH INCREASING TO 29 TO 38 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST AROUND 41 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........80 80 79 78 82 86 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RAIN RAIN TEMP............34 37 42 46 49 50 RH..............92 85 73 65 58 54 20 FT WIND......SE 6 E 8 E 10 E 10 E 11 E 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 25 25 25 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 6 E 8 E 10 E 10 E 11 E 12 WIND GUST..10 15 20 25 25 25 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...JOHNSON REQUESTED BY...STAFFORD EM TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090325.EASTS.01/DDC