FNUS73 KLOT 170112 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR ILLINOIS BEACH...ILLINOIS DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 712 PM CST TUE NOV 16 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON NOVEMBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE IN PLACE WEDNESDAY WITH MINIMAL FLUCTUATION IN DIRECTION AS A WEAK TROUGH CROSSES THE AREA. CONDITIONS WILL BE SUCH THAT THE WIND DIRECTION WILL BE ABLE TO REMAIN NORTHWESTERLY DESPITE BEING ADJACENT TO LAKE MICHIGAN. CLOUD COVER WILL BE ABUNDANT...ESPECIALLY BY MIDDAY. SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS OR SPRINKLES COULD DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT THE TR HEAT IS LESS THAN 20 PERCENT. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 47. RH..................77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 800-1000 FT AGL IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 2800-3200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON THEN DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 14 TO 17 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /22900 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR /42000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........52 52 53 53 59 66 72 75 79 82 85 88 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............39 40 42 44 46 47 47 47 47 47 46 45 RH..............90 90 85 81 77 75 75 75 74 74 77 78 20FT WIND DIR...300 300 310 320 320 330 330 330 330 330 320 320 20FT SPEED(MPH).6 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..5 4 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 5 4 5 20FT GUST(MPH)..9 9 8 8 7 9 10 12 12 12 14 15 20FT GUST(KT)...8 8 7 7 6 8 9 10 10 10 12 13 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 1.8 2.5 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.4 1.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.300 300 310 320 320 330 330 330 330 320 320 320 TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 16 16 15 14 14 14 15 16 16 17 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/10004 6 10 15 23 31 38 41 42 41 38 34 $$ FORECASTER...BARDOU REQUESTED BY...BRAD SEMEL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101117.ILLIN.01/LOT