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SPOT FORECAST FOR FLINT HILLS COMPLEX RX...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
549 AM CDT SAT APR 2 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON APRIL 02.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH SUNRISE WILL BECOME LIGHT
SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY BY 9 AM BEFORE INCREASING TO 15 TO 20 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH. THE INCREASED MIXING
WITH PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES WILL ALLOW FOR HUMIDITY LEVELS
OF 70 TO 75 PERCENT AT IGNITION TIME TO FALL INTO THE MIDDLE
30S BY 4 PM. MIXING HEIGHTS ONLY AROUND 400 FEET AT IGNITION SHOULD
INCREASE TO NEAR 2100 FEET AT 11 AM...4800 FEET AT 1 PM THEN A
MAXIMUM NEAR 5500 FEET AT 4 PM. ALTHOUGH SOUTHERLY SURFACE WINDS OF
15 TO 20 MPH WILL BE THE RULE BY SUNSET...THEY SHOULD INCREASE TO
15 TO 25 MPH BY MIDNIGHT WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH PERSISTING THROUGH
SUNRISE SUNDAY.




.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................78 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 35.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH
                    INCREASING TO SOUTH 14 TO 19 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 30 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /3300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...EXCELLENT
                    /133700 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59.
RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 17 TO 22 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /6400 KNOT-FT/.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 20
                    PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84.
RH..................MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........BREEZY. SOUTHWEST WINDS 21 TO 26 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 40 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /116500 KNOT-FT/.

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