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FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARCOOT...MARK TWAIN NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
730 AM CDT WED APR 14 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0745 CDT ON APRIL 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE IN SPEED LATER THIS MORNING...AND MAY BECOME
A BIT GUSTY DURING THE AFTERNOON.  OTHERWISE...IT WILL BE ANOTHER WARM
APRIL DAY WITH SUNNY SKIES.  AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES WILL
DIP TO AROUND 25 PERCENT.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
                    TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 81.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH WIND 4 TO 8 MPH...POSSIBLY GUSTING
                    INTO THE 10-15 MPH RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WIND 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MORNING INVERSION WILL MEAN A MIXING HEIGHT OF WELL
                    UNDER 100 FEET AT IGNITION.  MIXING HEIGHTS WILL
                    INCREASE RAPIDLY LATE THIS MORNING AND INTO THE
                    AFTERNOON...REACHING 7100 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 18 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....VERY GOOD (17801 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....52.
MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH WIND 5 TO 8 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTH WIND 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........N/A.
MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A.
VENTILATION RATE....N/A.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....80.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTHWEST WIND 4 TO 8 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTHWEST WIND 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......9000 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 22 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....EXCELLENT (26945 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...TRUETT
REQUESTED BY...JERRY SOARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100414.MARCO.01/LSX