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SPOT FORECAST FOR JEFFREY ENERGY CENTER TRAINING...KANSAS FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1052 AM CST SAT FEB 27 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CST ON FEBRUARY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
WEAK SFC RIDGING WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOUTH ACROSS THE BURN AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. THIS SHOULD KEEP WINDS FROM THE NORTH OR NORTHEAST WITH
SPEEDS GRADUALLY DECREASING AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES. THINK SKIES WILL
REMAIN MOSTLY SUNNY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME CLOUDS
DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. DO NOT EXPECT TEMPS TO BE AS WARM AS
YESTERDAY DUE TO THE SFC RIDGE AND NORTH WINDS...SO MIXING HEIGHTS ARE
FORECAST TO BE 2 KFT OR LOWER. SFC DEWPOINTS ARE FORECAST TO HOLD STEADY
OR DRY A DEGREE OR TWO. THIS SHOULD CAUSE MIN RH VALUES TO FALL TO AROUND
40 PERCENT.

WOLTERS

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........35 AT IGNITION...MAX 36.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5
                    MPH TOWARD EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /12900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...FAIR
                    /15100 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....17.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /900 KNOT-FT/.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....42.
MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...FAIR /16700 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...WOLTERS
REQUESTED BY...JASON HARTMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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