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SPOT FORECAST FOR KT-33...BIA HORTON
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
734 AM CDT FRI APR 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 CDT ON APRIL 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL EXIST LATE THIS MORNING INTO
THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE BY
MID MORNING AND DRIER AIR JUST ABOVE THE SURFACE WILL MIX
DOWN...LOWERING DEWPOINTS ACROSS THE AREA. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES ARE ANTICIPATED IN THE MIDDLE 20S. SOUTHERLY WINDS
WILL BECOME GUSTY WITH SPEEDS UP TO 25 MPH BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
                    TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 12 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...EXCELLENT
                    /97000 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....45.
MAX HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2600 KNOT-FT/.

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....76.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 11 TO 16
                    MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /102800 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...BLAIR
REQUESTED BY...ADAM ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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