FNUS73 KLOT 241123 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR BARNES RX...IDNR - FIRE HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 623 AM CDT WED MAR 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST-SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TODAY. LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL MOVE NORTHEAST...REACHING MISSOURI TONIGHT...BRINGING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE LOCAL AREA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2000-2400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2300-2700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 12 TO 17 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /28300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /34100 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........72 71 72 73 74 74 75 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............53 55 57 57 57 57 56 RH..............46 44 41 42 42 43 45 20 FT WIND DIR..040 040 040 040 040 040 040 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.4 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.080 090 090 080 080 080 080 TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 15 15 16 16 17 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/100028 32 34 34 34 32 30 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....40. MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-1800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 16 TO 24 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2800-27200 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........76 77 78 80 81 82 83 85 87 89 91 93 WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............53 51 49 48 46 45 44 43 42 42 42 41 RH..............51 55 60 63 67 70 73 77 80 80 80 84 20 FT WIND DIR..030 030 030 030 030 030 030 030 030 030 030 030 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.070 070 060 060 050 050 040 040 040 040 040 030 TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 17 16 16 16 17 18 21 22 24 CWR.............20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/100027 24 20 15 11 8 6 4 3 3 5 9 $$ FORECASTER...TS REQUESTED BY...DREW DAILY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100324.BARNE.01/LOT