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SPOT FORECAST FOR LINCOLN GLADE...MODNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
655 AM CST MON FEB 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CST ON FEBRUARY 27.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY FALL BELOW 30 PERCENT ACROSS PARTS OF THE
AREA TODAY BUT WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG AS THEY WERE YESTERDAY...
LIMITING FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
THEN WEDNESDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE WINDY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FALLING
BELOW 30 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........46 AT IGNITION...MAX 48.
RH..................38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....NORTHWEST WIND AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    OTHERWISE NORTH WIND AT 2 TO 3 MPH.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 8 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...
                    2900 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......NORTHWEST AROUND 15 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....POOR (5907 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33.
RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 2 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING SHIFTING TO THE EAST FROM MID
                    EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT...USING A
                    0.3 ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.
WIND...20 FT........NORTHEAST WIND AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE
                    EVENING SHIFTING TO THE EAST FROM MID EVENING
                    THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........N/A.
MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A.
TRANSPORT WIND......N/A.
VENTILATION RATE....N/A.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...
                    THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 53.
RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTHEAST WIND 3 TO 5 MPH...USING A 0.3
                    ADJUSTMENT FACTOR.
WIND...20 FT........SOUTHEAST WIND 8 TO 13 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
                    WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 22 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....POOR (4383 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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