FNUS73 KEAX 032348 FWSEAX SPOT FORECAST FOR BOW PRAIRIES...MDC NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 548 PM CST WED MAR 3 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CST ON MARCH 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY WARM FROM SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE READINGS TODAY...TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE LEVELS INTO THE WEEKEND. WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS...MODEST AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES... AND GOOD OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...THIS WILL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR PRESCRIBED BURNING IN SNOW FREE AREAS DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. A FEW PASSING LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN ARRIVING EARLY NEXT WEEK. SPECIFICALLY FOR TOMORROW...A MIXING HEIGHT AROUND 600FT WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE TO LIGHT WESTERLY TRANSPORT WINDS IN THE MORNING...WILL BECOME 2500-3000FT WITH SOUTHEASTERLY TRANSPORT WINDS OF AROUND 5 MPH BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (10-20 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 21. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 88 PERCENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........17 16 15 15 16 17 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG FOG TEMP............40 34 30 27 24 22 RH..............45 53 63 72 79 85 20 FT WIND......N 6 N 5 N 3 N 2 N 1 N 2 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....44 AT IGNITION...MAX 50. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 400-2200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST AROUND 3 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........18 19 20 21 22 24 WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............22 28 36 44 49 49 RH..............86 74 56 43 37 38 20 FT WIND......E 2 E 1 E 1 E 2 E 3 E 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...RUNYAN REQUESTED BY...RYAN DAWSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100304.BOWPR.01/EAX