FNUS73 KLOT 300022
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SPOT FORECAST FOR IROQUOIS CO  PRESCRIBED BURN...ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL
722 PM CDT MON MAR 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING
WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. AS IT
MOVES EAST...LIGHT SOUTHEAST 20 FOOT WINDS TUESDAY MORNING WILL
TURN SOUTHERLY AT 6 TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH A FEW HIGHER
GUSTS POSSIBLE. WHILE MIXING HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE
3000 FT...WINDS IN THIS MIXED LAYER WILL REMAIN SOMEWHAT LIGHT...
INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON...POSSIBLY AS HIGH
AS 15 TO 20 MPH...DEPENDING ON HOW FAST THE GRADIENT TIGHTENS
DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 58.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1400 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...INCREASING TO 3100 FT BY NOON...
                    INCREASING TO A MAXIMUM OF 3800 FT AGL IN
                    THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1100
                    FT AGL BY LATE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /11500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR
                    /35600 KNOT-FT/.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........10  11  11  11  12  12  13  13  14  14  15  15
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............33  36  41  46  51  55  57  57  57  57  56  54
RH..............87  77  65  54  46  40  37  34  33  33  36  43
20 FT WIND DIR..150 160 180 190 190 200 200 200 190 190 190 190
20 FT WIND SPD..3   4   4   5   5   5   5   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT WIND GUST.5   5   5   10  10  10  10  10  10  12  10  10
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.9 1.4 2.2 3.1 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.1 2.1 1.1
TRANSP WIND DIR.150 160 190 200 200 200 200 200 200 190 190 190
TRANSP WIND SPD.8   9   9   9   9   8   8   9   12  15  13  13
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
VRATE KT-FT/10002   4   7   12  17  22  27  32  36  35  25  13

$$
FORECASTER...SULLIVAN
REQUESTED BY...JOHN GRIESBAUM
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100330.IROQU.01/LOT