FNUS73 KLOT 291652 CCA FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR ORIENTAL BITTERSWEET RESEARCH PLOTS...INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 740 AM CDT FRI OCT 29 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON OCTOBER 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A HIGH WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WILL EXTEND INTO NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CAUSE THE SURFACE WIND TO BE LESS THAN 10 MPH. SMOKE WILL NOT DISPERSE VERY WELL THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 51. RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1800-2100 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2400-2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2600-2900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2100-2400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 14 TO 17 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /29100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /39300 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........13 12 11 9 9 9 10 10 10 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 43 45 47 49 50 50 49 48 RH..............66 60 53 48 45 43 43 44 47 20FT WIND DIR...280 280 270 270 260 250 250 240 220 20FT SPEED(MPH).6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..6 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 20FT GUST(MPH)..10 12 10 10 10 12 12 10 10 20FT GUST(KT)...9 10 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.1 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.1 1.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.290 280 270 270 260 250 240 230 220 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 16 16 15 15 15 14 15 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100029 34 37 39 37 33 28 23 18 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-1600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 24 MPH INCREASING TO 25 TO 26 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (3400-13400 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 10 11 12 13 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............45 44 43 42 41 41 40 40 39 39 38 37 RH..............51 55 58 61 63 64 66 68 70 71 73 73 20FT WIND DIR...210 210 210 210 210 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 6 6 7 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 20FT GUST(MPH)..9 9 10 12 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 20FT GUST(KT)...8 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.4 1.2 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.210 210 210 210 210 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 20 22 23 24 25 25 26 26 26 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100013 12 11 11 12 12 12 10 7 4 3 5 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61. RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 29 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-3500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 28 TO 37 MPH DECREASING TO 22 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO VERY GOOD (9900-101200 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........14 15 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............38 41 45 49 53 56 59 59 60 60 59 57 RH..............72 68 63 58 54 50 47 45 45 45 46 49 20FT WIND DIR...200 210 210 220 230 240 240 240 250 260 270 280 20FT SPEED(MPH).9 9 10 10 11 12 12 11 10 10 8 7 20FT SPEED(KT)..8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 9 8 7 6 20FT GUST(MPH)..17 20 22 24 26 29 29 28 26 23 20 16 20FT GUST(KT)...15 17 19 21 23 25 25 24 23 20 17 14 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.4 2.9 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.200 200 210 220 230 230 240 240 250 260 270 280 TRANSP WIND SPD.28 29 31 33 35 36 37 35 32 29 25 22 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100010 24 41 59 77 92 101 101 95 85 73 61 $$ FORECASTER...WILSON REQUESTED BY...NEAL MULCONREY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101029.ORIEN.01/LOT