FNUS73 KSGF 202300 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR JOHNNY RIDGE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 600 PM CDT SUN MAR 20 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1810 CDT ON MARCH 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BEGIN TO SUBSIDE THIS EVENING AS THE SUN BEGINS TO SET. RH VALUES INITIALLY IN THE LOW 30S SHOULD ALSO BEGIN TO RECOVER INTO THE 50S AS SURFACE TEMPERATURES COOL THIS EVENING. SOMEWHAT HIGHER DEWPOINT VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH HIGHER RH VALUES EXPECTED ON MONDAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....75 AT IGNITION...MIN 54. MAX HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MAX 67 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. WIND SHIFT..........NONE EXPECTED. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...DECREASING TO 500 FT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............75 69 65 62 60 59 RH..............31 42 51 59 64 65 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 6 S 4 S 3 S 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST.20 10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....2600 1400 500 400 400 400 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 29 SW 30 SW 30 SW 29 SW 26 SW 23 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 3 3 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 79. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 34 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE EXPECTED. CHANCE OF PRECIP....10 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 TO 21 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 58 65 72 76 79 RH..............69 68 55 44 38 34 20 FT WIND......S 3 S 5 S 6 S 7 SW 8 S 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....400 400 600 1500 2800 3700 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 20 SW 18 SW 18 SW 20 SW 20 SW 21 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...BOXELL REQUESTED BY...CHARLENE NAZARENKO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110320.JOHNN.01/SGF