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SPOT FORECAST FOR BURGESS...US FISH/WILDLIFE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
922 AM CST THU DEC 1 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON DECEMBER 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

WIND WILL BE THE MORE CHALLENGING PART OF THE FORECAST FOR THE
TIME PERIOD TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA
TODAY AND SHIFTS WINDS AROUND FROM SOUTH TO THE NORTH BY LATE
AFTERNOON...BECOMING GUSTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AS THE FRONT PUSHES
THROUGH.

NORTH WINDS LIGHTEN AND BECOME NORTHEAST IN THE EARLY TO MID
MORNING HOURS FRIDAY...THEN BECOME EASTERLY AROUND NOON...THEN
SOUTHEAST WITH INCREASING CLOUDS INTO THE AFTERNOON. SPEEDS ARE
GENERALLY IN THE 5 TO 10 MPH RANGE FOR THE FRIDAY TIME PERIOD.

AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THE RAIN CHANCES ON FRIDAY
WILL BE VERY LATE IN THE FORECAST PERIOD...MAINLY AFTER 4PM...BUT
THE CHANCES THEN INCREASE THEREAFTER WITH A GOOD CHANCE FOR A
SOAKING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........38 AT IGNITION...MAX 49.
RH..................67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 8 TO 13
                    MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /4800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...FAIR
                    /19300 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 27.
RH..................MAX 75 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 11 TO 16 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 2.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /9100 KNOT-FT/.

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 41.
RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...FAIR /18200 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...CRAVEN
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20111201.BURGE.01/TOP