FNUS73 KLOT 121511 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR ORIENTAL BITTERSWEET MARQUETTE TRAIL...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1011 AM CDT MON APR 12 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON APRIL 12. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY AND WARM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY WITH MODERATELY GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS. WINDS WILL VEER SLIGHTLY FROM EAST SOUTHEAST TO A MORE TRUE SOUTHEASTERLY WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO PREVENT A LAKE BREEZE FROM DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONG SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL ALSO SUPPRESS ANY LAKE COOLING. DEWPOINTS WILL SLOWLY RISE TODAY AS MOISTURE SPREADS NORTH INTO THE AREA...THOUGH IF WE MIX DEEPER THAN EXPECTED THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY FORECAST MAY BE A BIT TOO HIGH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN AROUND 25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL AT IGNITION INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /30000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /82500 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........51 51 50 50 51 51 52 53 54 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............60 63 66 68 70 71 70 68 66 RH..............30 29 28 27 26 25 27 28 30 20 FT WIND DIR..120 120 130 130 130 140 140 140 140 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 17 17 18 18 16 15 15 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 25 25 25 25 25 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.1 1.4 2.2 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.2 2.7 2.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.120 130 130 140 140 140 150 140 140 TRANSP WIND SPD.24 25 25 25 25 25 25 24 24 CWR............. 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100028 35 55 80 81 82 81 54 52 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....49. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 29 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 15 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2200-9700 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........55 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 46 44 43 41 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............64 62 59 57 55 54 54 53 52 51 50 49 RH..............43 46 52 57 59 62 65 68 72 75 77 79 20 FT WIND DIR..140 140 140 150 150 150 160 160 170 180 190 200 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 10 9 8 6 5 4 2 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 15 15 15 10 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.140 140 140 150 150 150 160 160 170 180 180 190 TRANSP WIND SPD.24 24 25 26 28 29 29 26 23 20 15 12 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100010 6 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 3 2 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....65. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 800-1200 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1400-1700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 600-1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 15 TO 18 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2100-13300 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........40 40 40 41 41 42 42 39 36 33 30 26 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............50 53 57 61 63 65 65 65 65 64 64 64 RH..............77 70 63 57 53 52 50 50 50 51 51 52 20 FT WIND DIR..210 230 260 300 330 000 020 030 040 050 060 070 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.0 0.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.200 200 210 210 250 320 000 020 050 060 070 070 TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 12 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 17 18 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/10002 3 5 8 10 12 13 12 9 7 6 5 $$ FORECASTER...IZZI REQUESTED BY...NEAL MULCONREY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100412.ORIEN.01/LOT