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SPOT FORECAST FOR DECKARD RIDGE FIRE...USFS-HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
647 PM EDT SUN APR 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1826 EDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...BUT SKIES
ARE LIKELY TO BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY LATER TONIGHT.  RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THIS EVENING.  CURRENT OBSERVATIONS
REVEAL HUMIDITY VALUES OF AROUND 30 PERCENT AS OF 6PM EDT.  HUMIDITY
VALUES SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 45 PERCENT BY 9PM EDT.  HUMIDITY
VALUES SHOULD REACH 70 PERCENT BY 1-2AM EDT AS DEWPOINTS CONTINUE
TO INCREASE WHILE SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES DECREASE DUE TO NIGHTTIME
COOLING.  THERE IS A CHANCE OFS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
THE LATEST DATA SUGGESTS THAT ANY STORMS WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL
NEAR SUNRISE MONDAY.  SURFACE WINDS REMAIN IN THE 20-30MPH RANGE THIS
EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 35-40MPH POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET.  WINDS WILL
DECREASE A BIT AFTER SUNSET...BUT IT WILL LIKELY REMAIN BREEZY AT
TIMES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 91 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40
                    MPH IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TIME (EDT)      8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM
SKY (%).........38  41  45  49  53  58  60  64  72  80  88  96
WEATHER COV.....                        CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE....                        RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
TEMP............76  74  72  70  69  67  66  65  65  64  64  64
RH..............39  44  50  56  63  70  75  80  84  87  89  90
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT WIND SPD..20  21  19  17  15  12  10  10  10  11  12  14
20 FT WIND GUST.40  35  30  30  25  25  30  30  30  30  30  30

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY THROUGH MID
                    MORNING. PERIODS OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE
                    DAY. PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 55 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 14 TO
                    15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING. GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 30 TO 36 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    NORTHWEST AROUND 30 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........100    100    100    100    100    100
WEATHER COV.....PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD PERIOD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............64     65     65     66     66     63
RH..............90     91     90     81     66     58
20 FT WIND......SW 14  SW 15  SW 16  SW 16  W 15   NW 14
20 FT WIND GUST.25     25     30     35     30     30

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FORECASTER...MJ
REQUESTED BY...TOM KRUEGER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110403.DECKA.01/LMK