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SPOT FORECAST FOR FLINT HILLS RX...US FISH/WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
517 AM CDT TUE APR 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A COLD START WILL LEAVE STRONG INVERSIONS IN PLACE EARLY THIS
MORNING. CLEAR SKIES AND GOOD SUNSHINE SHOULD BRING TEMPERATURES
UP INTO THE MIDDLE 30S BY IGNITION TIME. WINDS WILL BE SLIGHTLY
VARIABLE IN THE MORNING AS A SURFACE HIGH SLIDES OVER OUR
AREA...HOWEVER EXPECT GENERALLY A WESTERLY COMPONENT TO THE
WIND...BECOMING SOUTHWEST BY EARLY AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS
SHOULD RISE AROUND 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON AND BRING GOOD
SMOKE DISPERSAL TO THE BURN AREA.

THE DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA WILL BRING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DOWN
AROUND 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........36 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /20000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD
                    /41200 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 34.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /3200 KNOT-FT/.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66.
RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...FAIR /26900 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...CRAVEN
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090407.FLINT.02/TOP