FNUS73 KLSX 032328
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SPOT FORECAST FOR ST CLAIR...CENTRAL COUNTY EMERGENCY 911
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
628 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1754 CDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTH TO SOUTHWESTERLY EYE LEVEL WINDS AROUND 10 MPH GUSTING TO
20 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 9 PM BEFORE SLOWLY DECREASING AS
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA.  THE FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS
FRANKLIN COUNTY AROUND 3 AM CAUSING THE WINDS TO SHIFT FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST AFTER 10 PM.  THE LATEST TEN
HOUR DRY FUEL MOISTURE FROM THE SULLIVAN RAWS SITE IT 7
PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE
                    EVENING. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................90 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS UNTIL 2200...THEN 9-15 STRIKES UNTIL
                    0100...THEN >25 STRIKES.
TEMPERATURE.........CURRENTLY IN THE UPPER 80S...FALLING TO AROUND
                    50 BY DAYBREAK.
RH..................CURRENTLY AROUND 25 PERCENT...INCREASING TO
                    90 PERCENT WHEN THE STORMS MOVE INTO THE AREA
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    20 MPH UNTIL MID EVENING...AND THEN DECREASING
                    TO AROUND 7 MPH AROUND MIDNIGHT.  WINDS WILL
                    SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH LATE
                    TONIGHT.
WIND...20 FT........WINDY. SOUTHWEST WIND 12 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS
                    TO AROUND 35 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH
                    AROUND MIDNIGHT...THEN SHIFTING FROM THE WEST
                    AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT.  GUSTY AND
                    ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........N/A.
MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A.
TRANSPORT WIND......N/A.
VENTILATION RATE....N/A.

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FORECASTER...BRITT
REQUESTED BY...KEVIN SATKUS
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110403.STCLA.01/LSX