FNUS73 KLOT 041317 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR RIVER ROAD SEED BEDS...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 817 AM CDT SUN APR 4 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY LOCATED IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST TODAY. AS THIS FEATURE MOVES NORTHEAST...IT WILL DRAG A WEAK COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST INTO ILLINOIS BY THE EARLY EVENING. WIND GUSTS WILL QUICKLY RISE TODAY INITIALLY OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST...BUT WILL GRADUALLY TURN MORE SOUTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THIS FRONT DRAWS NEAR. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO TURN TO THE WEST LATE THIS EVENING WITH CLOUD COVER AND CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING THROUGH TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 72. MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MID TO LATE MORNING. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 200-400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL EARLY AFTERNOON AND TO 3300-3400 FT MID AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 32 TO 38 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /3900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY GOOD /110400 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........50 50 50 50 50 52 54 56 58 59 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............53 56 61 65 66 70 71 71 71 69 RH..............58 53 46 42 42 37 37 38 39 42 20 FT WIND DIR..170 170 180 180 180 180 190 190 190 190 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 13 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 30 30 35 35 35 35 35 30 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.2 0.4 1.0 1.7 2.3 2.9 3.4 3.3 2.5 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 170 180 180 180 190 190 190 180 TRANSP WIND SPD.26 30 32 33 36 37 38 38 37 35 CWR.............0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/10004 10 27 49 71 93 109 110 83 45 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....51. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. LAL.................9-15 STRIKES. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 TO 32 MPH DECREASING TO 17 TO 21 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (1900-11400 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........61 60 61 62 63 63 64 57 50 44 37 30 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............66 63 61 60 58 57 56 54 54 53 53 52 RH..............47 55 61 67 73 78 82 85 84 83 81 80 20 FT WIND DIR..180 190 200 210 220 220 230 230 230 240 240 240 20 FT WIND SPD..11 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.4 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.180 190 200 200 210 220 230 230 240 240 240 250 TRANSP WIND SPD.32 30 29 26 26 26 25 24 23 21 20 17 CWR.............50 50 50 50 50 50 20 20 20 20 20 20 LAL.............3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/100011 2 2 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....73. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2100 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3500-3800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-4400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 16 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6800-38200 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........23 25 28 30 32 35 37 43 48 54 59 65 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............52 55 59 62 66 68 69 72 72 72 72 71 RH..............78 71 63 56 51 47 46 43 41 41 41 43 20 FT WIND DIR..250 260 280 290 260 220 190 180 160 140 140 130 20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 3 2 2 2 3 5 5 6 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.2 2.1 3.0 3.5 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.0 3.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.260 270 290 300 290 270 260 250 210 200 190 160 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 14 13 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 10 13 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/10007 13 21 28 31 32 33 32 31 31 34 38 $$ FORECASTER...RATZER/RODRIGUEZ REQUESTED BY...JEFF MARTINA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100404.RIVER.01/LOT