FNUS73 KLSX 151213 FWSLSX SPOT FORECAST FOR INDIAN CREEK...USCOE VIA NWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 713 AM CDT THU APR 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL BECOME SOUTHWEST AND INCREASE IN SPEED BY MID MORNING...WITH GUSTINESS EXPECTED BY MIDDAY AND THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. MINIMUM HUMIDITY 25-30 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 84. MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH 4 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 15 MPH. (60% ADJUSTMENT) WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WIND INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......SURFACE INVERSION WILL LIMIT MIXING TO NEAR ZERO AT IGNITION...BUT MIXING HEIGHT WILL INCREASE RAPIDLY LATER THIS MORNING AND REACH 7700 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 24 MPH. VENTILATION RATE....EXCELLENT (25358 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................50 PERCENT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....59. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...TRUETT REQUESTED BY...SCOTT TRUETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100415.INDIA.01/LSX