FNUS73 KLSX 031210
FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR MARK TWAIN LAKE...U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
710 AM CDT TUE APR 3 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO THE AREA
TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...WILL SEE ABOVE NORMAL
CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY...THEN HIGHS TO DROP OFF INTO THE 60S FOR
THE LAST PART OF THE WORK WEEK...NEAR NORMAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.


.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.........70 AT IGNITION...MAX 82.
RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...
                    OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WIND 2 TO 3 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO
                    THE WEST AT 2 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON USING
                    WIND FACTOR ADJUSTMENT OF 0.4.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WIND 6 TO 7 MPH
                    IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON SHIFTING TO
                    THE WEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AT IGNITION...
                    4400 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 14 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....FAIR (8342 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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FORECASTER...GKS
REQUESTED BY...ALLEN MEHRER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120403.MARKT.01/LSX