FNUS73 KLOT 091808 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST BEACH ORIENTAL BITTERSWEET...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1208 PM CST MON NOV 9 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON NOVEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM THE LOWER GREAT LAKES...SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST INDIANA...TO NORTHERN MISSOURI. THIS FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SAG SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. BEHIND THIS FRONT...AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM NORTHWEST IOWA...ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL SETTLE ACROSS THE WESTERN LAKES REGION THROUGH MIDWEEK. .THIS AFTERNOON... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 62. RH..................73 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...DECREASING TO 500 FT AGL BY 1700 CST. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 TO 22 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /15000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /15100 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........95 95 95 95 95 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............62 61 59 56 53 RH..............73 74 78 81 86 20 FT WIND DIR..320 000 010 020 020 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.5 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.300 320 340 350 010 TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 17 20 22 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100015 15 15 14 14 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45. RH..................MAX 95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL BY MIDNIGHT...DECREASING TO 0 FT OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 20 TO 24 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (400-12700 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........95 96 96 96 96 96 96 94 92 90 87 85 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............54 53 52 51 50 49 48 48 47 47 47 46 RH..............81 81 82 83 84 86 88 88 90 91 94 95 20 FT WIND DIR..020 020 020 020 020 020 020 020 030 030 040 040 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.020 020 020 020 020 020 020 020 030 030 040 040 TRANSP WIND SPD.24 24 24 24 24 23 22 22 21 21 21 20 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100013 12 10 9 7 6 5 3 2 1 0 2 .TUESDAY... SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (4500-52800 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM VRATE KT-FT/10005 12 22 32 41 49 53 50 44 37 28 19 $$ FORECASTER...MERZLOCK REQUESTED BY...NEAL MULCONREY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091109.WESTB.01/LOT