FNUS73 KLOT 111332 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR DUNES PRAIRIE...IDNR - FIRE HEADQUARTERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 832 AM CDT WED APR 11 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BUILD EAST SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE AREA LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE NORTH AROUND 10 MPH THROUGH THE DAY AS THIS HIGH APPROACHES THE AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 48. RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500-3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2000-3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3000-5000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 20 TO 29 MPH. MIXING TEMP 1700FT..41. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD /66000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...VERY GOOD /119000 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........28 31 35 31 28 24 18 12 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 44 46 46 47 46 47 47 RH..............59 51 47 49 47 49 47 45 20FT WIND DIR...340 350 350 350 350 350 000 000 20FT SPEED(MPH).10 9 9 9 9 8 7 6 20FT SPEED(KT)..8 8 8 8 8 7 6 5 20FT GUST(MPH)..18 18 18 18 17 16 15 13 20FT GUST(KT)...16 16 16 16 15 14 13 11 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 3.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.340 350 350 350 350 350 000 000 TRANSP WIND SPD.29 29 28 26 25 24 22 20 VRATE KT-FT/100066 97 119 114 97 77 64 51 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR. WIDESPREAD FROST LATE IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32. RH..................MAX 88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-2500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 500-1000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 7 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING TEMP 1700FT..MISSING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (0-39000 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........6 7 8 9 9 9 9 11 13 15 15 15 WEATHER COV..... WID WID WID WID WID WID WID WEATHER TYPE.... FST FST FST FST FST FST FST TEMP............45 43 42 40 38 37 36 35 34 33 33 32 RH..............49 53 57 64 70 75 79 82 82 85 85 88 20FT WIND DIR...000 000 010 010 000 000 000 350 340 340 330 320 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 1 20FT GUST(MPH)..12 10 8 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 20FT GUST(KT)...10 9 7 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 2 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.5 2.0 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.000 000 010 010 010 000 000 350 340 330 340 340 TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 13 12 10 9 8 7 7 6 5 3 VRATE KT-FT/100039 26 15 6 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 52. RH..................MIN 41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2000-3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 2500-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1500-2000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 2 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 13 TO 16 MPH. MIXING TEMP 1700FT..49. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (0-25500 KNOT-FT). TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........15 12 9 6 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 7 WEATHER COV.....WID WEATHER TYPE....FST TEMP............33 37 41 45 49 51 51 51 51 50 50 50 RH..............85 72 65 55 48 42 42 41 41 42 46 52 20FT WIND DIR...320 320 320 320 330 350 350 000 020 030 030 030 20FT SPEED(MPH).0 0 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 5 5 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 20FT GUST(MPH).. 5 8 9 9 8 20FT GUST(KT)... 2 2 4 7 8 8 7 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 4.0 4.5 4.0 3.5 2.5 2.0 1.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.340 340 330 320 330 340 350 000 020 030 030 030 TRANSP WIND SPD.2 2 2 2 3 5 7 10 14 16 15 13 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VRATE KT-FT/10000 1 2 4 10 16 21 24 26 25 21 14 $$ FORECASTER...BIRK REQUESTED BY...DREW DAILY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120411.DUNES.01/LOT