FNUS73 KLOT 171330 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR HOOSIER PRAIRIE 3 4...INDIANA DNR - FIRE HQ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 830 AM CDT FRI APR 17 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA THIS MORNING WILL SINK SOUTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY BY THIS EVENING. LIGHT VARIABLE WINDS NEAR SURFACE HIGH THIS MORNING WILL BECOME LIGHT SOUTH SOUTHEAST AS THE HIGH DRIFTS SOUTH LATER TODAY...WITH WEAK LAKE BREEZE DEVELOPING ACROSS NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY DURING THE MID AND LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........59 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. RH..................38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE INCREASING TO 3200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 2500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 1 TO 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /11700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /16900 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........5 6 7 7 8 8 8 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............59 62 63 66 67 67 67 65 RH..............38 35 36 33 33 33 34 36 20 FT WIND DIR..190 200 210 180 130 100 090 080 20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.2 2.9 2.5 2.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.160 190 210 200 180 170 150 140 TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/100012 14 16 17 17 16 15 13 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44. RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 1200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO 0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 9 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0-11500 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........9 11 14 17 20 23 26 29 32 34 37 40 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............62 58 55 53 52 50 49 47 47 46 46 45 RH..............40 44 49 53 56 60 63 66 68 71 73 78 20 FT WIND DIR..070 070 090 090 110 150 170 170 180 190 180 180 20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.130 130 140 150 150 160 160 170 170 170 170 180 TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/100012 10 8 6 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70. RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 10 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1400-26900 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........43 48 52 57 61 66 71 74 77 80 83 86 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............46 49 54 59 62 65 65 68 69 70 69 66 RH..............75 69 58 53 49 46 46 44 43 43 45 49 20 FT WIND DIR..180 180 180 180 190 210 220 230 250 270 310 030 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.6 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.180 180 190 200 200 210 220 210 200 190 180 170 TRANSP WIND SPD.7 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/10001 5 10 15 20 24 27 27 26 24 21 19 $$ FORECASTER...RATZER REQUESTED BY...DREW DAILY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090417.HOOSI.01/LOT