FNUS73 KLOT 081639 AAA FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SITES - MNTP...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1139 AM CDT WED APR 8 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK DISTURBANCE WILL DROP SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST THIS AFTERNOON BRINGING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS...WITH SOME INCREASE IN CLOUDS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER THAN YESTERDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MOVING ASHORE INTO CALIFORNIA EARLY THIS MORNING WILL MOVE TO THE ROCKIES BY EVENING AND OUT OVER THE PLAINS THURSDAY. CLOUDS WILL START TO SPREAD INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING SYSTEM. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER AND MID 50S AGAIN THURSDAY. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 53. RH..................32 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000 FT AGL AT IGNITION TIME...THEN INCREASING TO 6800 FT AGL BY 3 PM...THEN DECREASING TO 5000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /70300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY GOOD /118800 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........39 42 43 43 44 44 39 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 51 53 53 53 53 51 RH..............32 30 28 28 28 27 33 20 FT WIND DIR..270 270 270 280 280 290 290 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 9 8 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.1 6.1 6.7 6.9 6.6 5.9 4.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.280 280 280 290 290 290 290 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 18 20 20 20 18 17 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100070 96 113 119 113 97 74 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29. RH..................MAX 96 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 16 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (300-54000 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........33 28 26 23 21 18 16 18 19 21 22 24 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............47 44 41 39 37 36 34 33 32 32 31 30 RH..............41 48 56 65 74 77 82 86 89 89 92 96 20 FT WIND DIR..290 290 300 300 290 290 290 290 280 280 290 320 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.8 2.7 1.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.300 290 290 290 290 290 290 280 280 280 290 320 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 14 14 14 15 15 14 13 12 10 8 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100054 35 18 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54. RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1600-31600 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........26 28 30 32 34 36 38 43 49 54 59 65 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............31 34 38 42 46 49 50 53 53 53 53 52 RH..............92 84 72 62 55 50 48 43 43 43 42 44 20 FT WIND DIR..340 340 350 000 010 020 030 070 140 180 150 090 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.9 1.9 2.9 3.8 4.6 5.2 5.7 5.9 5.5 3.9 1.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.340 330 310 300 300 300 300 270 210 180 150 090 TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 3 5 9 15 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/10002 6 12 18 23 25 26 22 19 22 32 25 $$ FORECASTER...MARSILI REQUESTED BY...JERRY HOFFMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090408.ADMIN.01/LOT