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SPOT FORECAST FOR HEADQUARTERS PRAIRIE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
922 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0915 CDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE
AREA BY THIS AFTERNOON.  FORECAST FUEL MOISTURE WILL BE IN THE
16 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS UNTIL 1100...THEN 1-8 STRIKES UNTIL
                    1200...THEN 9-15 STRIKES.
TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 83.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...THEN
                    SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH LATE MORNING AND EARLY
                    AFTERNOON.  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED
                    NEAR THUNDERSTORMS.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WIND 6 TO 8 MPH
                    IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON
                    BECOMING 7 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......800FT AGL AT IGNITION...2000FT AGL BY NOON CDT...
                    THEN 4800 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....FAIR (8264 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...BRITT
REQUESTED BY...JOHN MABERY
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120403.HEADQ.01/LSX