FNUS73 KLOT 241347 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR ORIENTAL BITTERSWEET RESEARCH...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 847 AM CDT WED MAR 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY KEEPING CLOUD COVER OVERHEAD. AS IT DRAWS NEAR LATER THIS EVENING...CHANCES FOR RAIN WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WITH THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN EARLY THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE PART OF THE DAY ON THURSDAY. WINDS TODAY WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE EAST AND THEN GRADUALLY BEGIN TO TURN MORE NORTHEAST LATER THIS AFTERNOON REMAINING THAT WAY INTO THURSDAY...WHERE STRONGER GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 55. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 900-1300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1700-2000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 1900-2200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 8 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /13300 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........64 64 65 65 66 67 68 69 70 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............45 48 51 52 54 54 54 54 53 RH..............57 51 47 45 43 43 43 45 47 20 FT WIND DIR..100 100 100 100 100 090 080 070 050 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.2 1.9 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.100 110 120 130 130 140 140 120 080 TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 8 8 8 7 6 7 8 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/10003 6 10 13 13 13 12 11 9 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....39. MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 21 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2600-7900 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........71 72 73 74 75 76 76 78 80 81 83 84 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............51 48 47 46 45 44 50 48 45 43 41 40 RH..............52 57 61 64 68 71 74 62 66 71 76 81 20 FT WIND DIR..040 050 050 060 070 070 080 070 060 050 050 040 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.060 060 060 060 070 080 090 080 060 050 050 040 TRANSP WIND SPD.9 10 12 12 12 10 10 12 13 15 18 21 CWR.............10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 40 40 40 40 VRATE KT-FT/10008 6 4 3 3 5 6 6 5 4 3 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN. MAX TEMPERATURE.....48. MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1800-2200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 23 TO 32 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 36 TO 38 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (5000-58600 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........86 86 87 88 89 90 90 85 79 74 68 62 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............39 41 42 43 44 44 44 44 44 43 42 40 RH..............86 82 79 75 73 71 70 70 70 72 75 80 20 FT WIND DIR..030 030 030 030 020 020 020 020 020 010 010 010 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 14 14 14 14 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.1 2.0 1.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.030 040 040 040 040 030 030 030 030 030 020 020 TRANSP WIND SPD.23 23 23 24 25 28 30 31 31 32 36 38 CWR.............40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 VRATE KT-FT/10005 8 13 20 31 44 54 57 58 58 58 59 $$ FORECASTER...TEST REQUESTED BY...NEAL MULCONREY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100324.ORIEN.01/LOT