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SPOT FORECAST FOR PIPELINE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
337 PM CDT MON MAR 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1455 CDT ON MARCH 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND
30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING EVENING...BUT
WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS MORE 15 MPH TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 25 MPH
OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOW TO FALL AND DEWPOINTS
SHOULD REMAIN IN THE 50S...WHICH SHOULD KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS
FROM FALLING RAPIDLY. RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AROUND 53 PERCENT LATE
AFTERNOON TO NEAR 66 PERCENT BY 9 PM THEN AN OVERNIGHT MAX NEAR 80 PERCENT.
SOUTHERLY WINDS ON TUESDAY WILL REMAIN SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO NEAR 33 MPH DECREASING BY 7 PM TO 10 TO 15 MPH AND BECOMING MORE
SOUTHWESTERLY...THEN WESTERLY BY MIDNIGHT AT 10 MPH. DRIER AIR HOWEVER
WILL LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS TO 40 TO 45 PERCENT BY LATE AFTERNOON
TUESDAY THEN INCREASING TO 60 TO 65 PERCENT BY MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL BE
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE WIND SHIFT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING.



.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60.
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    32 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /8000 KNOT-FT/.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 13 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    30 MPH.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 78.
RH..................MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /87300 KNOT-FT/.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 19 TO 24 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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FORECASTER...WHITMORE
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110321.PIPEL.01/TOP