FNUS73 KLSX 131209
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SPOT FORECAST FOR MARK TWAIN LAKE...CORPS OF ENGINEERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
709 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON APRIL 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
AN UNSEASONABLY WARM AND DRY APRIL DAY IS EXPECTED...WITH SUNNY
SKIES AND SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS.  RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
FALL INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
                    TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 81.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 4 TO 8 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 4 TO 8 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH THIS MORNING...BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......LESS THAN 100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...RAPIDLY INCREASING
                    DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...REACHING 5500
                    FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (9521 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....54.
MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTH WIND 6 TO 8 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....81.
MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH WIND 8 TO 13 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTH WIND 8 TO 13 MPH.

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FORECASTER...TRUETT
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN MEHRER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100413.MARKT.01/LSX