FNUS73 KSGF 222132 FWSSGF SPOT FORECAST FOR BROWNFIELD CEMETERY...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 432 PM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY OUT OF THE WEST TO NORTHWEST BEHIND THE FRONT. AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO THE REGION DURING THE MORNING THE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE MID 20S BY THE AFTERNOON CREATING AN INCREASED FIRE DANGER. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 55. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 80 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH DECREASING TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. WIND SHIFT..........BECOMING WEST TOWARDS MORNING. CHANCE OF PRECIP....20 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A. TRANSPORT WINDS.....N/A. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE NONE TEMP............74 70 65 62 59 58 RH..............50 58 68 77 80 77 20 FT WIND......S 12 S 9 S 10 SW 11 SW 10 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.25 30 20 25 20 15 MIX HGT (FT)....3300 2300 600 400 400 400 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 48 SW 52 SW 51 SW 46 SW 40 SW 31 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 30 30 30 10 10 HAINES INDEX....2 3 4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....64 AT IGNITION...MAX 71. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS WEST AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 8 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. WIND SHIFT..........NONE. CHANCE OF PRECIP....0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 5. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...MAXIMUM 2400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 21 TO 29 MPH INCREASING TO 31 TO 39 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 56 62 67 70 71 RH..............75 72 56 42 32 26 20 FT WIND......SW 6 W 6 W 7 W 10 W 13 W 13 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 25 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....800 800 800 2400 4000 4800 TRANSPORT WIND..W 23 W 21 W 23 W 29 W 33 W 38 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 4 5 5 5 4 $$ FORECASTER...LINDENBERG REQUESTED BY...REGGIE BRAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110323.BROWN.01/SGF