FNUS73 KLOT 031559 AAA FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR GRANT CREEK RX...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1059 AM CDT WED NOV 3 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON NOVEMBER 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHIFTING WINDS FROM SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY. A FEW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT. CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING WILL BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE SLOW TO RISE THIS MORNING GIVEN THE CLOUDY SKIES AND POTENTIAL FOR A SHOWER OR SPRINKLES. BUT MIXING HEIGHTS SHOULD RISE QUICKLY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...ALLOWING THE LOW LEVELS TO MIX...BRINGING DOWN SOME DRIER AIR WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 35 PERCENT...POSSIBLY LOWER DEPENDING ON THE DEPTH OF MIXING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THIS MORNING WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION. OTHERWISE... SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH BECOMING WEST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 2600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 4100 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 1600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 17 TO 23 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /18000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /81500 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........83 75 67 55 43 30 30 30 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW TEMP............42 47 52 55 57 58 55 51 RH..............66 55 46 39 37 36 42 51 20FT WIND DIR...230 250 250 260 270 280 280 280 20FT SPEED(MPH).6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 20FT GUST(MPH)..13 15 16 17 17 16 15 14 20FT GUST(KT)...11 13 14 15 15 14 13 12 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.9 2.6 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.1 1.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.230 240 250 260 270 270 280 280 TRANSP WIND SPD.17 20 21 22 23 22 21 17 CWR.............30 30 10 10 10 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100018 32 48 67 81 82 55 24 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38. RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 15 TO 18 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (0-4400 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........30 33 36 38 41 44 47 48 48 49 50 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 47 46 45 44 42 41 41 40 40 40 39 RH..............59 64 70 74 76 78 83 83 85 84 83 84 20FT WIND DIR...280 290 300 300 310 310 320 320 320 320 320 320 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20FT GUST(MPH)..12 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 20FT GUST(KT)...10 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.280 290 300 300 310 310 310 320 320 320 320 320 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/10003 0 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 46. RH..................MIN 60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1900 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2900 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 29 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO VERY GOOD (4800-123300 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........51 57 63 69 75 81 87 85 84 82 80 79 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............39 39 40 41 43 44 45 46 46 46 44 40 RH..............84 84 79 75 69 65 62 60 60 60 63 73 20FT WIND DIR...330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 20FT SPEED(MPH).6 7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 20FT SPEED(KT)..6 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 20FT GUST(MPH)..14 15 17 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 20 20FT GUST(KT)...12 13 15 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 1.0 1.9 2.9 3.8 4.5 4.9 4.5 3.8 2.9 1.9 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.320 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 330 TRANSP WIND SPD.20 22 24 26 28 29 29 30 30 29 28 24 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 VRATE KT-FT/10005 20 42 68 93 113 123 116 99 74 45 21 $$ FORECASTER...SULLIVAN REQUESTED BY...JERRY HOFFMAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101103.GRANT.01/LOT