FNUS73 KICT 032040 FWSICT SPOT FORECAST FOR PRAIRIE DUNES COMPLEX...KANSAS FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WICHITA KS 340 PM CDT WED NOV 3 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1527 CDT ON NOVEMBER 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GUST BETWEEN 25 TO 35 MPH FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND SUBSIDE BY EARLY EVENING. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE MID 30S WHILE NORTHERLY WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WILL REMAIN. TOMORROW NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 KTS BY THE LATE MORNING HOURS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............59 54 51 48 46 44 43 41 40 38 37 36 RH..............29 33 37 41 44 47 50 52 55 57 59 60 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 MIXNG WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N NW MIXNG WIND SPD..26 24 21 20 20 20 20 20 18 18 18 18 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MIN HUMIDITY........22 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 4000-5900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 20 TO 25 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........0 0 0 0 0 0 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 38 47 53 57 57 RH..............60 55 39 30 24 23 20 FT WIND......NW 6 N 9 N 11 N 13 N 14 N 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 30 30 25 MIX HGT (FT)....300 700 2000 4200 5300 4000 MIXNG WIND......NW 20 N 24 N 25 N 24 N 24 N 22 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 6 6 $$ FORECASTER...DUNTEN REQUESTED BY...JASON HARTMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101103.PRAIR.01/ICT