FNUS73 KLOT 021319 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLER WOODS UNIT 2 RX...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 819 AM CDT WED NOV 2 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON NOVEMBER 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT LIES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING...AND WILL VERY SLOWLY MOVE EAST TOWARDS NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...BREEZY SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS ALONG THE COLD FRONT...HOWEVER...SHOWERS WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. GUSTY NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 61. RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 11 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......900 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 1500-1900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 29 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /20500 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /33000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........58 60 63 65 65 66 66 66 67 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............52 55 58 60 61 61 61 61 59 RH..............66 61 55 53 49 53 56 56 60 20FT WIND DIR...200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 20FT SPEED(MPH).9 9 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 20FT GUST(MPH)..21 21 20 18 17 16 15 14 13 20FT GUST(KT)...18 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.9 1.3 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 TRANSP WIND SPD.26 26 25 24 23 22 20 20 18 CWR.............0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 VRATE KT-FT/100014 21 26 31 32 33 32 23 13 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48. RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 7 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 24 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1200 TONIGHT... INCREASING TO 2300-2700 OVERNIGHT...THEN DECREASING BACK TO 2100-2200 AROUND DAYBREAK. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 0 TO 9 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO NORTHEAST 16 TO 24 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT INCREASING TO 28 TO 31 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (0-56200 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........67 71 75 79 83 87 91 92 93 94 95 96 WEATHER COV..... LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE.... RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............58 55 55 54 53 52 51 50 50 49 49 48 RH..............62 69 69 71 74 77 80 83 80 83 83 83 20FT WIND DIR...200 180 140 120 100 050 020 030 030 040 040 040 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 3 1 0 1 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 3 1 0 1 3 4 6 6 7 8 9 20FT GUST(MPH)..12 10 10 10 10 12 13 14 16 18 21 24 20FT GUST(KT)...10 9 9 9 9 10 11 12 14 16 18 21 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.7 1.2 1.7 2.0 2.4 2.7 2.5 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.200 200 200 000 020 020 020 030 030 040 040 040 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 9 3 0 3 9 16 20 22 24 28 31 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 10 60 60 60 60 60 60 VRATE KT-FT/10004 0 0 0 11 25 37 41 43 44 50 56 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52. RH..................MIN 66 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 13 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 31 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......50 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3200-3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 30 TO 39 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD TO VERY GOOD (63800-101200 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........97 96 95 95 94 93 92 88 83 79 75 71 WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............48 48 49 49 50 51 52 52 52 52 51 50 RH..............83 83 77 77 74 71 69 69 66 66 68 71 20FT WIND DIR...050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 040 20FT SPEED(MPH).11 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 11 11 10 20FT SPEED(KT)..10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 9 20FT GUST(MPH)..26 29 30 30 31 30 30 29 28 26 25 23 20FT GUST(KT)...23 25 26 26 27 26 26 25 24 23 22 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 3.0 3.2 3.5 3.2 3.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 050 TRANSP WIND SPD.33 36 37 38 39 39 38 37 36 33 32 30 CWR.............60 60 60 60 60 60 40 40 40 40 40 40 VRATE KT-FT/100064 74 83 90 91 90 89 94 100 101 96 86 $$ FORECASTER...DEUBELBEISS REQUESTED BY...MARY FISHER DUNHAM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111102.MILLE.01/LOT