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SPOT FORECAST FOR DYER RX...KS FOREST SVC
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
608 AM CST SAT MAR 12 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 12.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL NUDGE INTO NORTHEAST KANSAS FROM THE
NORTH TODAY...WITH LIGHT NORTH WINDS RESULTING AND CHANGING LITTLE
UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON...WHEN THEY WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AT
SIMILAR SPEEDS. MIXING HEIGHTS AROUND 1000 FEET ARE EXPECTED AT
IGNITION TIME...RISING TO AROUND 2000 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 58.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /16300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...FAIR
                    /24400 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 29.
RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND
                    5 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2000 KNOT-FT/.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 53.
RH..................MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...GOOD /30300 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...POAGE
REQUESTED BY...ERIC WARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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