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SPOT FORECAST FOR MARK TWAIN LAKE...CORPS OF ENGINEERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
702 AM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR 25 PERCENT TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...
WITH INCREASING SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS. SO FIRE DANGERS WILL INCREASE
ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS TIME. HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE
BY THURSDAY AS DEWPOINTS RISE AHEAD OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM. MIXING
HEIGHTS WILL RISE ABOVE 1700 FT AGL BY NOON TODAY.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
                    TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH WIND 8 TO 13 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WIND 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...3800 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (13213 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....79.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH WIND 11 TO 17 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTH WIND 11 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 29 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3900 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 26 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (14108 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...BYRD
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN MEHRER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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