FNUS73 KLOT 311404 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER SOUTH DRUMMOND RX...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 904 AM CDT SUN OCT 31 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON OCTOBER 31. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST TODAY IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH PUSHED THROUGH LAST EVENING. COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE IN STORE TODAY WITH NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED...WITH ONLY PASSING MID AND HIGH CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER THE PLAINS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 52. RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING AND INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 18 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /63900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY GOOD /103300 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........26 31 35 34 32 34 36 38 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............48 50 51 52 52 51 49 46 RH..............53 49 48 45 45 46 49 55 20FT WIND DIR...020 020 020 020 020 020 030 040 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 20FT GUST(MPH)..9 12 13 13 14 12 13 14 20FT GUST(KT)...8 10 11 11 12 10 11 12 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 4.5 5.1 5.4 5.3 4.6 3.3 1.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.030 030 030 030 040 040 040 040 TRANSP WIND SPD.23 23 22 22 21 20 20 18 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100064 86 100 103 97 82 58 31 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33. RH..................MAX 93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 14 TO 18 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (600-8500 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........40 41 43 44 46 47 49 49 49 50 50 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............43 41 39 38 37 37 36 35 35 34 33 33 RH..............62 66 74 78 82 85 87 90 91 91 93 93 20FT WIND DIR...050 050 050 050 060 060 060 060 070 070 070 080 20FT SPEED(MPH).6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20FT GUST(MPH)..10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 20FT GUST(KT)...9 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.050 050 050 050 060 060 060 060 070 070 070 080 TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 16 16 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/10009 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 54. RH..................MIN 41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING THEN INCREASING TO 3800-4200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 14 TO 18 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (2900-65400 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........51 49 47 45 44 42 40 39 39 38 38 37 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............34 37 41 45 48 50 52 54 54 53 50 47 RH..............89 78 67 57 51 46 43 41 41 42 46 52 20FT WIND DIR...080 080 080 080 090 090 090 090 080 070 070 060 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 20FT GUST(MPH)..8 8 9 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 20FT GUST(KT)...7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.8 1.6 2.4 3.0 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 3.8 2.7 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.080 080 080 090 090 090 090 090 080 070 070 060 TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 17 16 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/10003 11 21 32 43 53 60 65 65 59 42 21 $$ FORECASTER...RATZER REQUESTED BY...JERRY HOFFMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101031.LOWER.01/LOT