FNUS73 KLSX 261346
FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR LONG RIDGE...MO DEPT CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
846 AM CDT MON MAR 26 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........66 AT IGNITION...MAX 78.
RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 1 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WIND FROM MID MORNING UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON
                    BECOMING SOUTHEAST 1 TO 2 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 3 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WIND FROM MID
                    MORNING UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON BECOMING
                    SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 AT IGNITION...6600 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHEAST AROUND 13 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....GOOD (11485 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...BYRD
REQUESTED BY...GUS RAEKER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120326.LONGR.01/LSX