FNUS73 KGID 111344
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR KIRWIN RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
844 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0840 CDT ON APRIL 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...EAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO THE
SOUTHEAST BY MID MORNING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS NEAR 15 TO 20
MILES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH WIND GUSTS NEAR 20 MILES
PER HOUR POSSIBLE. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED
TODAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING INTO THE MID 50S. ALTHOUGH
MUCH OF THE DAY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY...THE BURN SITE COULD
SEE A FEW SCATTERED SPRINKLES THIS MORNING AND THEN SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL RANGE FROM 40 TO 50 PERCENT DURING THE DAY TO NEAR 90 PERCENT
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. MIXING HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE
FROM 300 FT AGL AT IGNITION TIME TO NEAR 2800 FT AGL BY THIS AFTERNOON...

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SPRINKLES IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57 AT 5 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT AT 5 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND
                    25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 300 FT AGL AT 7 AM...INCREASING TO NEAR 2800
                    FT AGL BY 5 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 19 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
                    THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43 AT 7 PM.
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT AT 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 2800 FT AGL THIS EVENING...DECREASING TO NEAR
                    300 FT AGL BY 7 AM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 18 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72 AT 5 PM.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT AT 5 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 14 TO 21 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 35 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......NEAR 300 FT AGL AT 7 AM...INCREASING TO NEAR 3100
                    FT AGL BY 5 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST AROUND 16 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS
AROUND 14 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 12 MPH.
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 50.
HIGHS IN THE MID 60S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
.MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID
40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 40. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...JEFF DUNLAP
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120411.KIRWI.01/GID