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SPOT FORECAST FOR TEST OBSERVATION...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
430 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...
A WEAK SURFACE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL INITIALLY CAUSE LIGHT
NORTHEAST WINDS. BUT THIS RIDGE IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND MOVE TO
THE EAST OF THE BURN AREA ALLOWING WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE SOUTH BY
LATE IN THE DAY. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN COOL FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR AND WITH MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND LITTLE MIXING OF THE
BOUNDARY LAYER...BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTER IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN
RELATIVELY CONSTANT THROUGH THE DAY WITH MINIMUM RH VALUES BETWEEN
45 AND 50 PERCENT. CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST IS ABOUT AVERAGE.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. AREAS OF FOG EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 51.
RH..................75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /9100 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...POOR
                    /9900 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36.
RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2100 KNOT-FT/.

.THURSDAY...

TEMPERATURE.........MAX 61.
RH..................MIN 47 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 8
                    TO 13 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /89300 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...WOLTERS
REQUESTED BY...DENNIS CARRIL
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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