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SPOT FORECAST FOR ILLINOIS BEACH STATE PARK WINTHROP HARBOR...ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOUR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
1014 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL LIKELY BE OVERCOME BY LAKE BREEZE
FROM THE EAST BY LATE MORNING. EAST WINDS MAY BE A BIT GUSTY EARLY IN
THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES AND MIXING HEIGHTS WILL FALL AFTER THE
WIND SHIFT TO THE EAST WITH A SLIGHT RISE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 48.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 51 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO EAST 10 TO
                    15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO
                    4000 FT BY LATE MORNING THEN DECREASING TO 1800
                    FT IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO EAST 15 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /30000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
                    /36000 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........29  30  30  31  35  40  44  49  53
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............44  46  48  45  44  44  43  43  42
RH..............56  53  52  56  58  59  60  60  62
20 FT WIND DIR..310 310 070 080 090 090 090 080 080
20 FT WIND SPD..5   6   14  12  12  10  10  08  08
20 FT WIND GUST.        18  18  15  15  14  10  10
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 4.0 4.0 2.3 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.4
TRANSP WIND DIR.310 320 070 080 090 090 090 080 080
TRANSP WIND SPD.8   8   18  18  16  15  15  12  12
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

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FORECASTER...IZZI
REQUESTED BY...BRAD SEMEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090409.ILLIN.01/LOT