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SPOT FORECAST FOR JACKSON COUNTY...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
938 AM CDT WED MAR 30 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

CLOUDY SKIES WILL PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.
EXPECT SOME GRADUAL AFTERNOON CLEARING...BUT SOME RESIDUAL CLOUD
COVER SHOULD REMAIN THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. CLOUD COVER IS
EXPECTED TO RETURN ON THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN.
EXPECT WINDS TO BE LIGHT FOR THE ENTIRE DAY. WIND DIRECTION WILL
SHIFT FROM NORTHWEST TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SPEED SHOULD
REMAIN AT OR AROUND 5 MPH. WINDS WILL THEN SHIFT TO THE SOUTH FOR
THURSDAY...AND MAY PICK UP TO AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20
MPH. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 4000 AND 5000 FEET ON
WEDNESDAY...BUT THURSDAY WILL ONLY ALLOW 3000 TO 4000 FEET OF MIXING.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........36 AT IGNITION...MAX 50.
RH..................84 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 3 TO 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /6700 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...FAIR
                    /19400 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. CHANCE OF
                    RAIN 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36.
RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1700 KNOT-FT/.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE
                    OF SHOWERS 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 57.
RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8
                    TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /110300 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...LEIGHTON
REQUESTED BY...ADAM ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110330.JACKS.01/TOP