FNUS73 KLSX 082252
FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR AIR STRIP...USFS MARK TWAIN NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
452 PM CST MON MAR 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1632 CST ON MARCH 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CLOUDS AND RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES FROM
THE SOUTHWEST U.S. INTO KANSAS. SEVERAL ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
FOR RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.


.REST OF THIS AFTERNOON...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
                    TEMPERATURE.........FALLING THROUGH THE 60S.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........RISING TO 50 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTHEAST WIND NEAR 10 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES..............3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....POOR (5279 M 2/S).


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48.
MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........N/A.
MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A.
VENTILATION RATE....N/A.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................1-8 STRIKES.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....57.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTHEAST WIND 10 TO 15 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....FAIR (7541 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...TES
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS WOODS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100308.AIRST.01/LSX