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SPOT FORECAST FOR HQ...US FISH/WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
931 AM CST THU MAR 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CST ON MARCH 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

DENSE PATCHES OF CIRRUS CLOUDS WILL MOVE OVER THE BURN SITE
THROUGH 11 AM. THIN HIGH CIRRUS CAN BE EXPECTED THEREAFTER. WINDS
WILL BE SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION THEN REMAIN IN THE 12 TO 16
MPH RANGE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. WIND GUSTS WILL INCREASE TO
AROUND 25 MPH BY OR SHORTLY AFTER 1 PM. EXPECT THE GUSTS WILL
BEGIN TO COINCIDE WITH THE DEEPER MIXING AS TEMPERATURES WARM THIS
AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 67.
RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH BY 1 PM.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /20800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /76800 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 50 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /3100 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...WOYNICK
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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