FNUS73 KLOT 031551 AAA FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLER WOODS UNIT 5...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1051 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 NORTHWEST INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SHIFTING WINDS FROM SOUTHWEST TO WESTERLY. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THIS COLD FRONT. CLOUDY SKIES THIS MORNING WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY 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 40 PERCENT...POSSIBLY LOWER DEPENDING ON THE DEPTH OF MIXING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 55. RH..................67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION. OTHERWISE... SOUTHWEST 7 TO 10 MPH BECOMING WEST THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AROUND 15 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......25 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...INCREASING TO 3800 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 15 TO 24 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /27700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /78000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........90 90 90 72 54 36 34 32 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW TEMP............42 45 48 50 53 55 54 51 RH..............67 59 53 48 45 44 48 54 20FT WIND DIR...220 230 240 240 250 250 260 270 20FT SPEED(MPH).7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 20FT GUST(MPH)..16 17 18 18 17 17 16 15 20FT GUST(KT)...14 15 16 16 15 15 14 13 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 1.9 2.4 3.2 3.7 3.8 2.8 1.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.220 230 230 240 250 250 250 270 TRANSP WIND SPD.23 24 24 24 24 23 22 21 CWR.............30 30 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100028 40 52 68 78 76 54 26 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43. RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-48500 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........30 33 36 39 42 45 48 51 54 57 60 64 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............49 48 48 47 46 46 45 45 44 44 44 44 RH..............61 67 72 78 79 79 80 81 81 82 80 79 20FT WIND DIR...270 280 290 300 300 310 320 320 320 330 330 320 20FT SPEED(MPH).6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 20FT SPEED(KT)..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 20FT GUST(MPH)..14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 20FT GUST(KT)...12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 14 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.6 2.0 2.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.270 280 290 300 300 310 320 320 320 320 320 320 TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 22 22 23 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/10005 0 1 5 5 5 6 13 21 29 38 49 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 48. RH..................MIN 61 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 4900-5300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300-5500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4500-4900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4100 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 24 TO 33 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR TO EXCELLENT (59900-157100 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........67 71 76 80 84 89 93 93 94 94 95 95 WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............44 43 44 45 46 47 47 48 48 48 47 45 RH..............79 80 76 72 69 65 63 61 61 61 63 68 20FT WIND DIR...320 330 330 330 330 340 340 340 340 340 340 340 20FT SPEED(MPH).8 9 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 20FT SPEED(KT)..7 8 8 8 8 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 20FT GUST(MPH)..16 17 18 20 21 22 23 23 24 24 23 22 20FT GUST(KT)...14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 21 20 19 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 3.3 3.9 4.4 4.9 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.9 4.5 4.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.320 330 330 330 330 330 340 340 340 340 340 340 TRANSP WIND SPD.24 25 26 28 30 31 32 33 33 33 32 30 CWR.............20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 VRATE KT-FT/100060 74 91 108 126 143 154 157 153 143 125 106 $$ FORECASTER...SULLIVAN REQUESTED BY...MARY FISHER-DUNHAM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101103.MILLE.01/LOT