FNUS73 KLOT 151417 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR HOFF ROAD...USFS MIDEWIN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 917 AM CDT FRI OCT 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON OCTOBER 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE BUILDING INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON KEEPING NORTH WINDS IN PLACE. SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 62. RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 20 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL LATE THIS THEN INCREASING TO 5600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 6100-6200 FT AGL THEN DECREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 21 TO 28 MPH DECREASING TO 14 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD /115900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY GOOD /122100 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........2 2 1 1 1 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............60 61 62 62 60 58 RH..............47 45 44 45 48 52 20FT WIND DIR...350 350 000 000 010 020 20FT SPEED(MPH).10 10 10 8 6 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..9 9 9 7 5 4 20FT GUST(MPH)..18 17 16 14 12 9 20FT GUST(KT)...16 15 14 12 10 8 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.6 6.1 6.2 5.6 4.4 2.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.350 350 350 350 000 010 TRANSP WIND SPD.25 24 22 21 17 14 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/1000116 122 118 103 72 35 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. RH..................MAX 95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 7 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0-5800 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............55 53 51 49 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 41 RH..............58 64 70 76 79 81 84 87 89 91 94 95 20FT WIND DIR...030 040 060 070 090 140 170 180 200 210 210 210 20FT SPEED(MPH).4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20FT SPEED(KT)..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20FT GUST(MPH)..7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20FT GUST(KT)...6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.010 030 050 070 090 140 170 180 200 210 210 210 TRANSP WIND SPD.12 9 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/10006 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70. RH..................MIN 29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 11 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-4400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL IN THE LATE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 26 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (1900-99100 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............42 46 50 55 59 63 66 68 69 69 68 65 RH..............92 85 74 63 52 42 35 31 30 29 31 35 20FT WIND DIR...210 210 210 210 220 220 220 220 220 220 220 230 20FT SPEED(MPH).3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 7 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..3 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 6 6 20FT GUST(MPH)..7 8 9 13 15 17 18 20 20 18 16 14 20FT GUST(KT)...6 7 8 11 13 15 16 17 17 16 14 12 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.4 3.4 4.1 4.4 4.3 3.8 2.7 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.210 210 210 210 210 220 220 220 220 220 220 230 TRANSP WIND SPD.9 12 15 18 21 23 24 26 26 25 23 20 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/10002 4 10 22 43 68 87 98 99 89 63 30 $$ FORECASTER...BARDOU REQUESTED BY...BARRY KLECKLER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101015.HOFFR.01/LOT