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SPOT FORECAST FOR SPOTBURN...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1207 PM CDT FRI MAR 19 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON MARCH 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

...UPDATED TO TAKE OUT BAD INTITIAL WIND WORDING. WINDS WILL
REMAIN NORTH-NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY AND INCREASE TO 20 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 30 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...

NORTHEAST SURFACE WINDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
TO 20 MPH SUSTAINED...WITH GUSTS OF 30 MPH. A BAND OF RAIN AND
SNOW MIXED WAS LOCATED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NE AND NORTH CENTRAL
KS. THIS PRECIP SHOULD BEGIN TO MOVE INTO YOUR AREA AS RAIN
STARTING AROUND 200 PM...THE RAIN WILL BEGIN TO MIX WITH SNOW
AFTER 500 PM. TEMPERATURES WILL FALL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
THROUGH THE UPPER 30S...INTO THE MID 30S BY 500 PM. DEW POINTS WILL
SLOWLY FALL FROM THE UPPER 30S TO AROUND 33 TO 34 DEGREES BY 300
PM. THEREFORE..YOUR RH SHOULD INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS
FROM AROUND 70 PERCENT TO 80 PERCENT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SKIES
WILL BECOME CLOUDY IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.

IF YOU NEED AN UPDATE PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE.

GARGAN


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 50 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 47.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 67.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 18 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH
                    INCREASING TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 16 TO
                    21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /39100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /104400 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW. CHANCE OF SNOW NEAR 100 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....29.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 17 TO 22 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 2.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...EXCELLENT /79800 KNOT-FT/.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING. CHANCE
                    OF SNOW 50 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....35.
MIN HUMIDITY........66 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /99400 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...GARGAN
REQUESTED BY...DANIEL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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