FNUS73 KICT 082156 FWSICT SPOT FORECAST FOR HIGHLANDS...KANSAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 456 PM CDT THU APR 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1643 CDT ON APRIL 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WEST/NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH WILL SUBSIDE SHORTLY BEFORE SUNSET...AND TURN LIGHT OUT OF THE SOUTH BY MID-EVENING. CLEAR SKIES ARE EXPECTED...WITH EVENING MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES CLIMBING OUT OF THE LOW 30S PERCENT INTO THE 40S AND 50S PERCENT. ADK .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37. MAX HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4100-6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-2200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........20 18 14 11 7 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............59 55 52 49 47 46 44 43 43 42 41 40 RH..............35 39 44 47 50 52 53 54 54 55 57 58 20 FT WIND DIR..NW W S SE SE S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..4 3 2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...6.0 4.1 2.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..W W SW SW S S S S S S S S MIXNG WIND SPD..8 6 5 5 7 10 14 16 18 20 20 20 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 4200-5400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 21 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 35 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........1 1 1 1 1 1 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............39 47 57 67 72 73 RH..............62 49 35 26 23 23 20 FT WIND......SW 6 S 10 S 14 S 14 S 14 S 13 20 FT WIND GUST.10 25 30 30 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....300 800 1600 2800 4500 4200 MIXNG WIND......S 21 S 30 S 35 S 32 S 30 S 29 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 5 6 6 $$ FORECASTER...KLEINSASSER REQUESTED BY...JASON HARTMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100408.HIGHL.01/ICT