FNUS73 KLSX 292047
FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARK TWAIN LAKE...CORPS OF ENGINEERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
347 PM CDT MON MAR 29 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE MIDWEST THIS WEEK...
BRINGING DRY AND WARMER WEATHER WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO AROUND
30 PERCENT BY MID WEEK AND WITH AN INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND
FIRE DANGERS WILL INCREASE INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH WIND 8 TO 13 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WIND 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...4500 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (10652 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...JPK
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN MEHRER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100330.MARKT.01/LSX