FNUS73 KIND 271048 FWSIND SPOT FORECAST FOR FORK RIDGE - DAY OF...HOOSIER NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 648 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MARCH 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... RIDGING AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO CONTROL WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA EARLY TODAY. A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM LOW PRESSURE PUSHING THROUGH THE UPPER GREAT LAKES WILL DROP THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL AGAIN RETAKE CONTROL LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY. A WEAKER DISTURBANCE MAY BRING SOME LOW CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL GENERALLY REMAIN SEASONABLY WARM. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. PATCHY FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 71. RH..................43 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 33 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 700-2600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 16 MPH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /18200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...GOOD /33800 KNOT-FT/. TIME (EDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM SKY (%).........23 16 18 30 42 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 61 67 70 69 RH..............43 36 33 37 42 20 FT WIND......SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 S 7 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..SE 6 SE 6 SE 6 S 7 S 6 EYE LEVEL WIND..15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 1800 2300 2600 1500 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 16 SE 12 SE 10 S 15 S 16 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 58. RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........45 46 48 49 59 72 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............67 65 63 62 61 60 RH..............47 54 62 70 78 83 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 5 S 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 15 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND..S 6 S 5 S 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 7 EYE LEVEL WIND..15 10 10 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....900 300 200 200 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..S 15 S 10 S 9 SW 10 SW 12 SW 13 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL MIDDAY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 76. RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600-5400 FT AGL MIDDAY...THEN INCREASING TO 6800-7700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 5100 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 2600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 13 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 16 MPH IN THE EVENING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO GOOD (3600-31600 KNOT-FT) INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (65300-109800 KNOT-FT) MIDDAY...THEN INCREASING TO EXCELLENT TO EXCELLENT (147700-173100 KNOT-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO EXCELLENT (90900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO GOOD (36900 KNOT-FT). TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........82 64 41 24 21 18 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............60 64 69 73 74 73 RH..............87 78 68 53 41 38 20 FT WIND......SW 6 W 7 W 8 W 9 W 10 W 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 25 20 EYE LEVEL WIND..SW 6 W 7 W 8 W 9 W 10 W 10 EYE LEVEL WIND..15 15 15 20 25 20 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1100 3600 6800 7700 5100 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 13 W 16 W 21 W 25 W 25 W 21 $$ FORECASTER...MARK-FLECTHNER REQUESTED BY...JEREMY KOLAKS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120327.FORKR.02/IND