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SPOT FORECAST FOR CARTY...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
623 AM CDT MON AUG 30 2010

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE DAY TODAY.  WIND THIS MORNING WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST
BUT WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH BETWEEN NOON AND 200 PM.
A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY WITH A LIGHT SOUTH WIND.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
LAL.................9-15 STRIKES.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81.
RH..................MIN 71 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....LIGHT SOUTHEAST WIND AROUND 5 MPH...WIND
                    TURNING TO THE SOUTH AT AROUND 5 MPH WITH
                    OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO AROUND 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTHEAST WIND 6 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 18 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....FAIR (7384 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1-8 STRIKES.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 68.
RH..................MAX 99 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....LIGHT SOUTH WIND LESS THAN 5 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTH WIND 5 TO 9 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........N/A.
MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A.
TRANSPORT WIND......N/A.
VENTILATION RATE....N/A.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
LAL.................1-8 STRIKES.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 87.
RH..................MIN 53 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....LIGHT SOUTH WIND AROUND 5 MPH...WIND MAY
                    OCCASIONALLY GUST TO 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTH WIND 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (9615 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...CARNEY
REQUESTED BY...JERRY SOARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100829.CARTY.02/LSX