FNUS73 KGID 141356
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR MACON LAKES...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
756 AM CST MON DEC 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON DECEMBER 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE SETTLING INTO THE REGION
TODAY...CREATING BITTERLY COLD CONDITIONS WITH WIND CHILL VALUES THROUGH
MUCH OF THE DAY IN THE -10 TO -15 DEGREE RANGE. NOT SURPRISINGLY...A
DECENT TEMPERATURE INVERSION WILL EXIST...BUT MIXING HEIGHTS SHOULD STILL
RISE TO AROUND 1200 FT AGL AS THE DAY WEARS ON. ALTHOUGH NORTH-NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL BE A BIT GUSTY THIS MORNING...UP TO 20 TO 25 MPH...THE GUSTINESS
WILL SUBSIDE INTO THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SPEEDS TYPICALLY 10 TO 15 MPH.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 7 ABOVE NEAR 230 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT NEAR 230 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS THIS MORNING 10 TO 15 MPH WITH
                    GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH...THEN DIMINISHING GUSTS
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AROUND 9 AM INCREASING TO 1200 FT AGL
                    BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH AROUND 16 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 6 BELOW NEAR 6 AM.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0 TO 300 FT AGL THROUGH THE NIGHT.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH.

.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 14 NEAR 3 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT NEAR 3 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 800 FT AGL
                    BY MID AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST AROUND 5 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...NOT AS COOL. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 5. HIGHS IN
THE MID 30S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 16. HIGHS AROUND 40. SOUTH
WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SNOW. LOWS AROUND 20.
HIGHS IN THE MID 30S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
30S.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 13. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S.

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FORECASTER...NWS/PFANNKUCH
REQUESTED BY...BRICE KROHN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091214.MACON.01/GID