FNUS73 KEAX 111350
FWSEAX

SPOT FORECAST FOR CROWDER GRASSLAND UNIT...MODNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
850 AM CDT FRI SEP 11 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

PRIMARILY DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM MAY BE
POSSIBLE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. WHILE SURFACE WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT
OF THE EAST THROUGH THE DAYTIME HOURS...WINDS UP TO 2000 FT AGL WILL
REMAIN VERY LIGHT AND CHAOTIC WITH SLOW HORIZONTAL TRANSPORT LIKELY.
INVERSION HEIGHT WILL BE AROUND 3500 FT AGL.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). AREAS OF DENSE
                    FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....78 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 52 PERCENT.
CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS EAST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4900-5200 FT AGL IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 1 TO 5 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........47  46  46  45  44  44
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............78  79  80  81  80  81
RH..............58  56  54  52  54  56
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..2   2   3   5   6   6
20 FT WIND GUST.        5
HAINES INDEX....3   3   3   3   3   3

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FORECASTER...DUX
REQUESTED BY...LEE WILBECK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090911.CROWD.01/EAX