FNUS73 KLSX 212021 FWSLSX SPOT FORECAST FOR PERSHING...CHLOETA FIRE (MDC BURN) NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 321 PM CDT WED MAR 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1515 CDT ON MARCH 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. GUSTY SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON WILL SUBSIDE BY EVENING. .THIS AFTERNOON... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL SPREAD INTO THE AREA LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................60 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TEMPERATURE.........73 AT IGNITION...MAX 75. RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT. WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTHEAST 6 TO 7 MPH. WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 22 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 33 MPH. VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (100000-110000 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. CWR.................90 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 55. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND...EYE LEVEL....SOUTH WIND 4 TO 6 MPH. WIND...20 FT........SOUTH WIND 7 TO 11 MPH UNTIL LATE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE. HAINES INDEX........N/A. MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A. TRANSPORT WIND......N/A. VENTILATION RATE....N/A. $$ FORECASTER...GLASS REQUESTED BY...CHARLES BLACKWELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120321.PERSH.01/LSX