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SPOT FORECAST FOR FT RILEY 26   28...DEPT. OF ARMY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
912 AM CDT WED MAR 16 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON MARCH 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY BY THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS. SURFACE MOISTURE WILL GRADUALLY TRICKLE INTO
THE AREA...LEADING TO INCREASED DEWPOINTS FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
EXPECT THE RH NEAR THE BURN TO REMAIN IN THE LOWER TO MID 30
PERCENT RANGE. SOUTH WINDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGHOUT
THE DAY. EXPECT WINDS TO INCREASE TO AROUND 15 TO 18 MPH WITH
GUSTS OF UP TO 26 MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND
3400 FEET LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND WITH INCREASING TRANSPORT
WINDS SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE EXCELLENT.

WINDS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET...AS WIND
GUSTS WILL DIE DOWN AND RH WILL STEADILY INCREASE.

THURSDAY WILL BRING WARMER CONDITIONS WITH SOUTH WINDS SHIFTING
TO THE WEST NORTHWEST BY THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 72.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO AROUND 16
                    MPH WITH GUSTS 23 TO 26 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /19500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /85900 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /8400 KNOT-FT/.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 81.
RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25
                    MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING
                    NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...GOOD /54600 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...LEIGHTON
REQUESTED BY...MARK NEELY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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