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SPOT FORECAST FOR CREW RX...KANSAS FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
528 PM CST MON JAN 9 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON JANUARY 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TUESDAY WINDS WILL BE LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH LIGHT SOUTHWEST
WINDS TO START THE DAY. WINDS WILL BECOME MORE WESTERLY IN THE
AFTERNOON BUT WILL REMAIN NEAR OR BELOW 5 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE OVERNIGHT TUESDAY. SMOKE DISPERSAL WILL BE POOR ON TUESDAY
AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. A FRONT WILL APPROACH SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE
ON WEDNESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 35 MPH WILL OCCUR BEHIND THE FRONT AND PERSIST FOR MUCH OF
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 21.
RH..................MAX 87 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL EARLY
                    MORNING BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1500 KNOT-FT/.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH
                    LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO THE
                    SOUTHWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /7600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...POOR
                    /7600 KNOT-FT/.

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30.
RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING WEST
    AROUND 5 MPH NEAR SUNRISE.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /2500 KNOT-FT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 42.
RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...
    THEN NORTHWEST AROUND MID-MORNING AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
    GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /100000 KNOT-FT.

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FORECASTER...ANDERSON / BARJENBRUCH
REQUESTED BY...ERIC WARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120110.CREWR.01/TOP