FNUS73 KLOT 081751 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR ORIENTAL BITTERSWEET RESEARCH PLOTS...INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 1151 AM CST MON NOV 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON NOVEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE EXTENDS FROM WESTERN QUEBEC SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TO THE GULF OF MEXICO...WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REMAINS ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS. THIS TROUGH WILL CONSOLIDATE INTO AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WEDNESDAY... AND LIFT NORTH ACROSS CANADA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL MAINTAIN SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...ALONG WITH DRY CONDITIONS AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE MIDDLE 60S UNDER MAINLY SUNNY SKIES. DEWPOINTS MAY SLOWLY INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH RELATIVELY WEAK LOW LEVEL MIXING. AS A RESULT... MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL BE LOW...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW HAS TO JUST HOW LOW THEY WILL DROP THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................30 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL BY MID AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 21 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /31200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /32900 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........9 8 7 7 6 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............65 66 65 63 60 RH..............30 28 32 35 42 20FT WIND DIR...190 190 190 180 180 20FT SPEED(MPH).9 8 8 7 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..7 7 7 6 6 20FT GUST(MPH)..15 15 15 14 13 20FT GUST(KT)...13 13 13 12 11 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.8 1.7 1.4 0.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.190 190 190 180 180 TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 21 18 16 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100031 33 31 22 12 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 45. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (2400-4300 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 55 53 52 51 50 49 48 48 47 46 45 RH..............46 49 53 55 57 59 60 61 62 63 68 73 20FT WIND DIR...170 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 170 170 170 170 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20FT GUST(MPH)..10 10 12 12 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 20FT GUST(KT)...9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.180 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 170 170 170 170 TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 20 18 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/10003 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 2 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 66. RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 900-1300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1700-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2400-2600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 15 TO 18 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (2900-41400 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............45 48 51 55 58 61 64 65 66 66 65 62 RH..............74 70 63 57 52 48 45 44 44 45 48 51 20FT WIND DIR...170 170 180 180 170 170 160 160 160 150 150 140 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 20FT GUST(MPH)..9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 20FT GUST(KT)...8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.3 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.6 2.6 1.9 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 180 180 170 170 160 160 150 150 150 140 TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 17 17 16 15 16 17 17 18 18 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/10003 5 8 12 15 18 23 31 39 41 31 16 $$ FORECASTER...SULLIVAN REQUESTED BY...NEAL MULCONREY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101108.ORIEN.01/LOT