FNUS73 KDVN 061330
FWSDVN

SPOT FORECAST FOR WAUSI BOTTOMS...DNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
830 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY WILL KEEP WINDS LIGHT THROUGH
TODAY...GRADUALLY SWITCHING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTH BY THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH TONIGHT...ALLOWING
THE NORTH WINDS TO TURN EAST BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........61 AT IGNITION...MAX 63.
RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 43 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WINDS NORTHEAST AT 5 TO 7 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........LITTLE TO NO WIND DIRECTION CHANGE.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE
                    PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 TO 5000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........NORTH 10 TO 17 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............61     62     61
RH..............43     44     47
EYE LEVEL WIND..040/6  020/7  010/6
EYE LEVEL GUST..
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 40.
RH..................MAX 84 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NORTHEAST SLOWLY SHIFTING TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................NONE.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE EVENING.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 3 TO 9 MPH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56.
RH..................MIN 60 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 6 TO 15 MPH.
WIND SHIFT..........NONE.
CWR.................80 PERCENT.
LAL.................4 IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR
                    LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-4000 FT AGL
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING WINDS........EAST 8 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 30 MPH.

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FORECASTER...LE
REQUESTED BY...DAVID KUTZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110406.WAUSI.01/DVN