FNUS73 KLOT 141310 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR IN DNR...IN DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 810 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0805 CDT ON APRIL 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE OVER KANSAS TODAY...AND A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE OVER ONTARIO WILL COMBINE TO CAUSE INCREASING NORTHEAST TO EAST WINDS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. PARTIAL CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING WILL ALSO TEND TO THICKEN AND LOWER. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED TO REACH NORTHWEST INDIANA UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1500 FT AGL IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 2100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4900-5100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5400-5700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 4200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 18 TO 23 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /21600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY GOOD /112300 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........56 57 59 60 61 62 62 63 63 63 64 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............48 53 57 58 59 62 63 63 63 62 60 RH..............63 50 42 40 37 33 32 34 35 38 42 20FT WIND DIR...030 040 050 050 060 060 060 050 050 050 040 20FT SPEED(MPH).6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 20FT SPEED(KT)..5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 20FT GUST(MPH)..10 12 12 13 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 20FT GUST(KT)...9 10 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 1.5 2.1 3.0 3.9 4.9 5.1 5.4 5.7 4.2 2.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.040 040 050 050 060 060 060 050 050 050 040 TRANSP WIND SPD.20 21 20 21 21 21 21 22 22 23 23 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100011 22 36 54 73 89 104 112 109 87 55 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 41. RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 28 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-1300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 300-600 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 800 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 1300 FT AGL LATE IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 1800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 900-1300 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO 500-700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 24 TO 33 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 35 TO 38 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (5000-53600 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........64 64 65 65 65 66 66 69 72 75 79 82 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 54 51 49 48 47 46 45 43 42 41 41 RH..............49 54 61 66 65 68 71 70 76 76 79 79 20FT WIND DIR...040 040 050 060 070 070 080 080 080 080 070 070 20FT SPEED(MPH).8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 20FT SPEED(KT)..7 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 20FT GUST(MPH)..21 22 23 24 25 26 28 28 28 28 28 28 20FT GUST(KT)...18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.8 1.3 1.8 1.3 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.040 040 050 060 060 070 080 080 080 080 070 070 TRANSP WIND SPD.24 26 29 31 33 35 36 37 38 38 38 38 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100027 12 5 7 22 42 54 42 22 8 16 29 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59. RH..................MIN 59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 15 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 36 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-900 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 900-1300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 1800-2100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 36 TO 45 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (15400-75800 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........85 87 89 91 93 95 97 98 98 99 99 100 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............41 42 44 46 48 51 53 54 55 56 56 57 RH..............79 76 73 71 68 63 61 61 59 59 62 59 20FT WIND DIR...070 070 080 080 090 090 090 090 090 090 090 100 20FT SPEED(MPH).13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 12 20FT SPEED(KT)..11 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 11 10 20FT GUST(MPH)..28 29 30 31 33 35 36 36 36 36 35 33 20FT GUST(KT)...24 25 26 27 29 30 31 31 31 31 30 29 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.9 1.3 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 2.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.070 070 080 080 080 090 090 090 090 090 090 100 TRANSP WIND SPD.38 39 41 43 44 45 45 44 43 40 38 36 CWR.............40 40 40 40 40 40 70 70 70 70 70 70 VRATE KT-FT/100039 31 20 15 31 52 71 76 75 72 72 70 $$ FORECASTER...MERZLOCK REQUESTED BY...DREW DAILY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110414.INDNR.01/LOT