FNUS73 KIWX 091145
FWSIWX

SPOT FORECAST FOR ELKHART BOG...INDIANA DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
745 AM EDT THU APR 9 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

CLEAR AND CALM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING. BY 10 AM
A LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS OF AROUND 5 MPH WILL DEVELOP.  WESTERLY WINDS
OF 5 TO 10 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE THE WIND
VEERS NORTHWESTERLY AND INCREASES TO AROUND 10 MPH.  WIND GUSTS SHOULD
BE NO HIGHER THAN 10-15 MPH THROUGH THE DAY.  BY AFTERNOON...HIGH CLOUDS
WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FROM THE WEST.  TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE
WARMER THAN YESTERDAY...REACHING THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 50S.  DEWPOINTS
WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY...STARTING THE DAY IN THE UPPER
20S...AND THEN FALLING BACK TO THE LOWER 20S BY LATE MORNING.  THIS WILL
CAUSE RH/S TO DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT BY THIS AFTERNOON.  CLOUDS WILL
CONTINUE TO INCREASE TONIGHT...WITH RAIN ARRIVING AFTER MIDNIGHT.



.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS.
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 53.
RH..................49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD.

.TONIGHT...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

.FRIDAY...

SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR.

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FORECASTER...ARNOTT
REQUESTED BY...RICH DUNBAR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090409.ELKHA.01/IWX