FNUS73 KLOT 081341 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR NELSON FARM...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 841 AM CDT WED JUL 8 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON JULY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL BRING INCREASED MOISTURE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS IN THE MORNING WILL BE SIMILAR TO TODAY BUT WITH LESS SKY COVER. THIS WILL ALLOW THE SURFACE TO WARM FASTER THAN TODAY AND QUICKLY INCREASE MIXING HEIGHTS THROUGH THE MORNING. .TONIGHT... CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........75 AT IGNITION...MAX 82. RH..................62 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL AT IGNITION. MAX OF 5200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING 3600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /24700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR /49800 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........53 51 50 48 47 45 44 43 43 42 42 41 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............62 68 72 75 77 79 81 81 81 82 82 80 RH..............88 75 66 62 58 56 54 54 55 54 56 58 20 FT WIND DIR..130 130 130 140 140 140 140 140 150 150 150 160 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 1.2 2.1 3.0 3.9 4.6 5.1 5.2 5.0 4.6 4.1 3.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.130 140 140 150 160 170 170 170 170 170 170 170 TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 14 13 12 10 9 10 12 13 15 16 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/10008 12 18 25 31 38 42 46 48 50 50 49 $$ FORECASTER...LENNING REQUESTED BY...JOSH GOLDSTEIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090709.NELSO.01/LOT