FNUS73 KTOP 251347 FWSTOP SPOT FORECAST FOR CROPFIELDS...US FISH/WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 847 AM CDT WED MAR 25 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLOWLY MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS AND NORTHERN OKLAHOMA. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HIGH...WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON WILL BE WESTERLY ABOUT 10 MPH...BEFORE GRADUALLY SWITCHING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND THEN SOUTH THIS EVENING. ONLY SOME HIGH CLOUDS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP STEADILY THROUGH THE MORNING REACHING A MINIMUM IN THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE BY MID AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL SHOULD BE GOOD FROM MID MORNING ON THROUGHOUT THE DAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD EVENING. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /34700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /34900 KNOT-FT/. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........MAX 6. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2300 KNOT-FT/. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58. RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...GOOD /39500 KNOT-FT/. $$ FORECASTER...PHILLIPS REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090325.CROPF.01/TOP