FNUS73 KLOT 191455 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST BEACH UNIT 11...INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 855 AM CST FRI NOV 19 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CST ON NOVEMBER 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE FORECAST POINT OVERNIGHT. ON SATURDAY NORTH WINDS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS EASTWARD ACROSS ONTARIO AND THE GREAT LAKES. LAKE INFLUENCE WILL OCCUR SATURDAY WITH LOW LEVEL FLOW OUT OF THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST DURING THE DAY...BUT DUE TO THE RATHER WEAK FLOW AND LIMITED FETCH EFFECTS TO BE MINOR. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 53. RH..................64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND /20 FT/........WINDS SOUTH AT 18 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 18 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 32 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...DECREASING TO 2000 FT AGL TOWARD SUNSET. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 30 TO 35 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST AROUND 45 MPH THIS MORNING...DECREASING TO AROUND 35 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....VERY GOOD /100000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY GOOD /107100 KNOT-FT/. TIME /CST/ 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY /%/.........25 24 23 24 25 26 28 29 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 44 47 51 53 53 51 48 RH..............64 57 51 45 44 43 47 53 20FT WIND DIR...190 200 200 200 200 200 210 220 20FT SPEED/MPH/.14 14 14 14 14 13 11 10 20FT SPEED/KT/..12 13 13 13 12 11 10 8 20FT GUST/MPH/..31 32 31 30 29 26 23 18 20FT GUST/KT/...27 28 27 26 25 23 20 16 MIX HGT /KFT/...2.2 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.0 1.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.190 200 200 200 200 200 210 220 TRANSP WIND SPD.47 49 49 49 47 44 40 36 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100088 100 106 107 102 89 65 36 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35. RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. WIND /20 FT/........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 11 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 TO 31 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 14 TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2200-13300 KNOT-FT/. TIME /CST/ 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY /%/.........30 33 36 40 41 42 43 43 44 44 45 46 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............44 43 42 41 40 39 38 38 37 37 37 36 RH..............62 65 69 73 77 81 85 85 84 83 83 81 20FT WIND DIR...230 230 240 240 250 250 260 270 290 310 330 350 20FT SPEED/MPH/.9 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 20FT SPEED/KT/..8 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 20FT GUST/MPH/..15 13 10 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 20FT GUST/KT/...13 11 9 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT /KFT/...0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.230 230 240 240 240 250 250 270 300 310 320 350 TRANSP WIND SPD.31 28 25 23 21 20 18 17 15 15 14 14 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100013 5 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 3 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 45. RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT. WIND /20 FT/........EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL AT SUNRISE INCREASING TO 2200-2400 FT AGL BY LATE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 15 TO 20 MPH BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH BY AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR /4900-43200 KNOT-FT/. TIME /CST/ 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY /%/.........47 47 48 49 49 50 50 52 54 55 57 58 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............36 36 37 39 41 43 45 45 45 45 45 45 RH..............81 81 80 74 68 65 61 60 59 59 61 62 20FT WIND DIR...010 010 020 030 040 050 060 060 060 070 070 070 20FT SPEED/MPH/.4 4 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 20FT SPEED/KT/..3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 20FT GUST/MPH/..7 8 9 10 12 12 13 14 14 14 15 15 20FT GUST/KT/...6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 12 13 13 MIX HGT /KFT/...0.4 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.010 010 030 030 040 050 060 060 070 070 070 070 TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/10005 10 16 22 27 32 35 37 38 39 42 43 $$ FORECASTER...NWS COLLABORATIVE PRODUCT COMPILED BY TRS REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL GRISMER TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101119.WESTB.01/LOT