FNUS73 KLOT 141238 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR MNOKE RX...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 738 AM CDT WED APR 14 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CDT ON APRIL 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...UNSEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS WILL BE FELT ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN TODAY WITH GRADUALLY INCREASING WINDS OVER THE NEXT 2 DAYS. A FEW GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL GIVE WAY TO FREQUENT WIND GUSTS THURSDAY LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 79. MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE INCREASING TO 1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 4300-4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL TOWARD EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 17 TO 21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /11800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR /59600 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........25 25 26 26 26 26 26 27 27 27 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............56 61 67 70 73 76 77 78 77 76 RH..............68 59 50 45 41 39 38 37 36 36 20 FT WIND DIR..150 150 160 170 170 170 170 180 180 180 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 1.0 1.6 2.3 3.4 4.3 4.6 3.6 1.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.150 150 160 180 180 190 190 190 190 190 TRANSP WIND SPD.28 26 24 21 18 17 17 18 20 21 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/10009 12 16 21 28 42 55 60 47 27 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....56. MAX HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2900-9800 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 35 36 37 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............74 71 68 65 63 62 61 60 59 58 57 56 RH..............37 40 44 48 52 55 59 63 66 69 74 76 20 FT WIND DIR..180 190 190 190 190 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.190 190 190 190 190 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 TRANSP WIND SPD.22 22 22 22 22 23 23 22 22 21 21 21 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100010 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....79. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7000-7200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 6700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 5500 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 3900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 22 TO 30 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO EXCELLENT (4800-179800 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........37 39 41 42 44 46 47 49 51 52 57 62 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 61 66 71 74 77 79 79 79 79 79 77 RH..............75 66 57 49 44 39 36 34 34 34 35 36 20 FT WIND DIR..210 210 210 220 230 230 230 230 230 230 230 230 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 10 11 12 13 13 12 11 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 25 30 30 30 30 30 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.5 1.1 2.7 4.6 6.2 7.0 7.2 6.7 5.5 3.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.200 210 220 230 230 240 240 240 240 240 230 230 TRANSP WIND SPD.22 24 28 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/10005 5 11 28 68 115 154 174 180 169 141 101 $$ FORECASTER...FENELON REQUESTED BY...NEAL MULCONREY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100414.MNOKE.01/LOT