FNUS73 KLOT 061207 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR HOOSIER PRAIRIE...IDNR - FIRE HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 607 AM CST FRI NOV 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON NOVEMBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST AND A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE TROUGH TO THE WEST...WINDS TODAY WILL BE SOUTHERLY. A STRONG INVERSION THAT DEVELOPED OVERNIGHT EXTENDS TO ABOUT 1000 FT. THE INVERSION SHOULD BREAK BY AROUND IGNITION TIME AND WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN AND BECOME QUITE GUSTY. SUSTAINED WINDS AND WIND GUSTS WILL BE SOUTHERLY TODAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. RH..................51 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 400 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 17 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 35 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /40700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR /58200 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........61 53 41 29 18 19 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............52 55 57 57 58 57 55 RH..............51 49 46 46 46 49 54 20 FT WIND DIR..170 170 170 170 170 170 170 20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 13 13 13 12 11 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 30 30 30 30 30 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.4 0.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 170 180 180 180 170 TRANSP WIND SPD.31 31 32 33 33 35 33 VRATE KT-FT/100041 51 57 58 54 42 27 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 600 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO 300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 33 TO 36 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7700-23400 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........21 24 26 29 31 33 35 41 47 52 55 57 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............53 51 50 49 48 48 47 47 46 47 48 49 RH..............59 63 65 68 72 76 80 83 85 86 85 82 20 FT WIND DIR..170 170 170 180 180 190 190 190 190 190 200 200 20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 25 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 180 180 180 190 190 190 190 190 200 200 TRANSP WIND SPD.33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 35 35 36 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100015 13 14 16 15 13 11 9 8 9 15 23 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63. RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 17 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1100 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 2000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 28 TO 36 MPH DECREASING TO 17 TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (14000-50000 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........60 57 54 51 51 50 50 49 48 47 45 44 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............51 52 52 53 55 58 60 62 62 63 62 60 RH..............80 80 79 79 74 69 64 61 61 59 62 68 20 FT WIND DIR..200 200 210 220 220 230 230 230 230 230 230 240 20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 13 14 14 14 14 13 11 9 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.4 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.210 210 210 220 220 230 230 230 240 240 240 240 TRANSP WIND SPD.36 36 36 35 35 33 32 30 28 24 21 17 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100031 33 34 36 41 47 50 50 47 40 28 14 $$ FORECASTER...KREIN REQUESTED BY...DREW DAILY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091106.HOOSI.01/LOT