FNUS73 KEAX 291353 FWSEAX SPOT FORECAST FOR PATROL AND MOP-UP...USFWS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO 853 AM CDT THU MAR 29 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 29. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT EARLY MORNING SURFACE WINDS WILL TURN TO THE SOUTH BY THE MID- MORNING HOURS...WITH GUSTY CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. STORMS ACROSS THE REGION WILL REMAIN THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS TO EXTREME NORTHEAST KANSAS AND FAR NORTHERN MISSOURI. HOWEVER...BY EARLY THIS EVENING STORMS MAY HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL. OTHERWISE...WITH THE STORMS IN THE REGION OVERNIGHT EXPECT HUMIDITY VALUES TO NOT DIP TOO LOW THIS AFTERNOON STAYING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 18 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-4600 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 13 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 26 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........42 32 32 38 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............70 75 79 81 79 RH..............72 62 56 53 54 20 FT WIND......S 14 S 17 S 18 S 17 S 17 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 30 25 25 HAINES INDEX....4 4 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.60 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 17 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 14 TO 16 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 12 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........32 57 72 89 78 66 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............77 73 69 65 63 62 RH..............58 65 74 84 88 90 20 FT WIND......S 17 S 15 SW 15 SW 14 W 13 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST.25 25 20 20 15 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 3 3 3 3 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. CHC OF WETTING RAIN.10 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500-4900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 10 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........63 48 28 13 11 8 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 64 69 72 74 74 RH..............91 77 62 52 48 47 20 FT WIND......NW 7 NW 7 N 8 N 8 N 7 NE 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 4 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...CUTTER REQUESTED BY...DEON STEINLE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120329.PATRO.01/EAX