FNUS71 KILN 031319 FWSILN SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 30 RESEARCH...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 919 AM EDT SAT APR 3 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. SOUTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY. WINDS WILL CHANGE FROM SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA DURING THE LATE MORNING HOURS AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RAIN WILL DISSIPATE BY THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. DRY CONDITIONS WILL THEN BE PRESENT FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. WINDS WILL DROP OFF CONSIDERABLY THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. INVERSION EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. INVERSION HEIGHT IS EXPECTED TO SET UP AROUND 1250 TO 1500 FEET. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH...INCREASING TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2800 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL LATE. MIXING WINDS........WEST 21 TO 28 MPH. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).............70 70 71 71 71 68 62 57 WEATHER COV.........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH WEATHER TYPE........RW RW RW RW RW RW TSM TEMP................60 62 64 66 67 66 64 63 MIN HUMIDITY........47 46 45 43 43 45 46 48 20 FT WIND DIR......S S S SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD......7 9 10 10 11 10 10 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....20 25 30 30 30 30 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).....30 40 40 40 30 30 20 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT)...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-3500 FT AGL...DECREASING TO 100-1200 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 18 TO 25 MPH...BECOMING SOUTH 1 TO 3 MPH. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).............51 45 42 42 41 41 41 40 40 40 40 40 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........ TEMP................61 60 58 57 55 54 52 51 49 48 47 46 MIN HUMIDITY........51 51 55 55 59 59 61 63 66 65 68 71 20 FT WIND DIR......W W W W W W W W W S E E 20 FT WIND SPD......7 6 5 4 3 2 2 2 1 0 1 2 20 FT WIND GUST.....25 20 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).....10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1700 FT AGL...INCREASING TO 2300-4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 7 MPH...INCREASING TO SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).............40 41 43 45 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................45 50 63 72 MIN HUMIDITY........73 63 43 32 WIND (20 FT)........E 2G5 SE 5 S 6G10 S 7G15 CHC OF PCPN (%).....10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...NOVAK REQUESTED BY...BRIAN WINTERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100403.UNIT3.01/ILN