FNUS73 KLSX 311202
FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARK TWAIN LAKE...CORPS OF ENGINEERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
702 AM CDT WED MAR 31 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 31.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL MISSOURI AS THERE IS AN INCREASED DANGER FOR UNCONTROLLED
FIRES.  SOUTHERLY GUSTS AROUND 14 MPH AT IGNITION WILL INCREASE
ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN GUSTS OVER 25 MPH THROUGH LATE MORNING.
RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ALSO FALL BELOW 40 PERCENT BY 10 AM.
MIXING HEIGHTS AROUND 1400 FEET AT IGNITION WILL CLIMB ABOVE
1700 FEET BY 11 AM.

SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY
HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES.


.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
                    TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 79.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WIND 12 TO 17 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTH AT 14 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WIND 12 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...
                    4100 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 23 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (12977 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH WIND 9 TO 15 MPH UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON
                    INCREASING TO AROUND 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTH WIND 9 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 28
                    MPH UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON INCREASING TO AROUND
                    16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 29 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (13873 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...BRITT
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN MEHRER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100331.MARKT.01/LSX