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SPOT FORECAST FOR BURGESS NORTH...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
742 AM CDT TUE MAR 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

NORTH...SLIGHTLY NW WINDS NEAR 10MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
MORNING. SFC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN THIS AFTERNOON...AND WINDS
WILL COINCIDENT LY BEGIN TO SLACKEN TO NEAR 5MPH GENERALLY AFTER
5PM. LOW STRATUS WILL LIFT TO NEAR 1500FT AROUND NOON. MAY SEE
SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUD COVER AFTER 3PM AND INCREASED
MIXING/DISPERSAL NEAR THIS TIME. SOME DROP TO RH ANTICIPATED...BUT
IMPACT SHOULD BE MINIMAL.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 51.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /24700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD
                    /32900 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....34.
MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5
                    MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 5
                    TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2400 KNOT-FT/.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....51.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...FAIR /27900 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...LUNDE
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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