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SPOT FORECAST FOR MARK TWAIN LAKE...CORPS OF ENGINEERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
707 AM CDT FRI APR 16 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. THIS FRONT WILL
USHER MUCH COOLER AIR INTO THE AREA...AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
THEN DOMINATE THE AREA FROM SATURDAY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK
WITH TEMPERATURES NEAR OR BELOW AVERAGE. AFTERNOON HUMIDITY VALUES WILL
FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT BOTH SUNDAY AND MONDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY.
                    SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
                    IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................9-15 STRIKES UNTIL 1300...THEN NO TSTMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66.
MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....NORTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........NORTH WIND 10 TO 11 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH AROUND 16 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....FAIR (8107 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...GKS
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN MEHRER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100416.MARKT.01/LSX