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SPOT FORECAST FOR BURGESS...US FISH/WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
855 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

THE WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BE OUT OF THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 9
MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING NORTHEAST BY 11 AM. WITH THE SURFACE
HIGH MOVING EAST WINDS WILL BECOME EAST BY 3 PM AT 5 TO 9 MPH.
SKIES WILL BE BROKEN TO OVERCAST AROUND 2900 FEET AT IGNITION. THE
CLOUDS WILL BECOME SCATTERED BETWEEN 11 AM AND 1 PM TODAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........37 AT IGNITION...MAX 48.
RH..................58 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH-NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /29800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD
                    /36800 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING.
                    ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN
                    LIKELY IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
                    CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...FAIR /13500 KNOT-FT/.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56.
RH..................MIN 57 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    EAST 5 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...GOOD /44100 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...WOYNICK
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110324.BURGE.01/TOP