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SPOT FORECAST FOR CREW RX...STATE/FEDERAL OFFICIAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
525 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2012

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

.DISCUSSION...

EXPECT ANOTHER SUNNY DAY AT THE BURN AREA...WITH LIGHT SOUTH-SOUTHWEST
WINDS REMAINING AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO
THE WEST THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL REMAIN LIGHT. EXPECT SMOKE DISPERSAL
TO BE FAIR THIS AFTERNOON...BUT OVERNIGHT CALM CONDITIONS WILL BRING
POOR SMOKE DISPERSAL TONIGHT. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH
THE AREA AROUND SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY AND WILL CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO
THE NORTH AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY. EXPECT NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS TO
INCREASE TO AROUND 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ON
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...AND PERHAPS A FEW SNOW FLURRIES LATE WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 5
                    MPH TOWARD EVENING.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /13200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...FAIR
                    /24400 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 30.
RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN
                    SHIFTING TO THE WEST EARLY IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 5.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /1600 KNOT-FT/.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF FLURRIES EARLY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 39.
RH..................MIN 53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 12 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO
                    NORTH 19 TO 24 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /117800 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...LEIGHTON
REQUESTED BY...ERIC WARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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