FNUS73 KLOT 081358 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR INLAND MARSH RX...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 758 AM CST SUN NOV 8 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CST ON NOVEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COOL FRONT HAS SAGGED SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL INDIANA OVERNIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL RETREAT BACK NORTH AS A WARM FRONT LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ALLOWING A RETURN OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES. THIS FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR AT INLAND MARSH JUST AFTER NOON CST ACCOMPANIED BY A WIND SHIFT FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST MONDAY BRINGING A THREAT OF SOME RAIN MONDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 71. RH..................77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH BY NOON... THEN BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 1400 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO NEAR 1000 FT AGL BY EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 26 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /17000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /25800 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........20 20 20 20 18 17 16 14 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............53 57 60 63 66 69 69 68 65 RH..............77 69 63 59 56 54 55 58 64 20 FT WIND DIR..130 130 130 130 130 150 150 160 180 20 FT WIND SPD..4 5 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.2 1.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.160 160 160 160 160 170 180 180 190 TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 16 18 20 22 23 25 26 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100013 17 21 24 25 26 26 25 24 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 52. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 11 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 700 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 TO 26 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (9500-22700 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........11 14 16 19 21 24 26 31 35 39 44 48 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............63 61 60 59 58 56 55 55 54 54 54 53 RH..............72 75 78 80 82 83 85 83 85 84 85 86 20 FT WIND DIR..190 190 190 200 200 200 200 200 210 210 210 210 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.190 190 190 200 200 200 200 200 210 210 210 210 TRANSP WIND SPD.26 26 26 26 25 24 23 23 23 23 22 22 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100023 21 19 17 15 14 12 11 10 10 10 10 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66. RH..................MIN 67 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1300 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2100 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 13 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 8 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (10900-26600 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........53 56 60 63 67 71 74 78 81 85 88 92 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............53 53 55 57 60 63 64 65 66 65 64 60 RH..............87 89 86 80 76 71 69 67 67 68 71 81 20 FT WIND DIR..210 210 210 220 220 220 220 240 260 290 310 340 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.210 210 220 230 240 250 250 260 290 310 330 350 TRANSP WIND SPD.21 20 18 16 15 14 13 10 9 9 8 8 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 VRATE KT-FT/100011 13 17 20 23 25 27 25 22 19 15 12 $$ FORECASTER...MERZLOCK REQUESTED BY...NEAL MULCONREY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091108.INLAN.01/LOT