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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLACKBIRD LANE...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1036 AM CDT TUE APR 10 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A SFC RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN TO THE NORTH
ACROSS ND AND SD. THIS WILL MAINTAIN AN EAST AND EAST NORTHEAST
WIND AT THE BURN SITE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
ARE GOING TO LOWER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON SINCE THERE WILL NOT BE
ANY MOISTURE MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST. MIN RH VALUES
ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 30 PERCENT AT ABOUT 4 PM. MIXING
HEIGHTS SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 4 KFT THIS AFTERNOON. WITH
MODEST TRANSPORT WINDS...THIS SHOULD PROVIDE GOOD DISPERSAL FOR
THE AFTERNOON.

WOLTERS


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 66.
RH..................36 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 11
                    MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /25600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD
                    /33700 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 65 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 4.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /3100 KNOT-FT/.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 63.
RH..................MIN 36 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...GOOD /40100 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...WOLTERS
REQUESTED BY...JASON PANKRATZ
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120410.BLACK.01/TOP