FNUS73 KOAX 240942 FWSOAX SPOT FORECAST FOR L148 149 RX...BIA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 442 AM CDT TUE APR 24 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A WARM FRONT WILL LIKELY PUSH INTO WESTERN IOWA ALLOWING A DRAMATIC WARM-UP ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IN TURN SHOULD ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO PLUMMET BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE FRONT SHOULD STALL IN WESTERN IOWA AND WINDS WILL TURN EAST TO SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE DAY. THIS COULD ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO REBOUND OVER PARTS OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 7500-9400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 7200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 6 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM SKY (%).........20 17 17 16 16 19 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............68 77 82 84 81 71 RH..............47 36 31 29 32 44 20 FT WIND......N 5 NE 5 NE 5 E 7 E 8 SE 9 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 5 6 6 6 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (20-30 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MAX HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 86. MIN HUMIDITY........28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400-6000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 24 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .THURSDAY... NOT AS WARM. MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 12 MPH. .FRIDAY... COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. EAST WINDS AROUND 18 MPH. .SATURDAY... SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. EAST WINDS AROUND 13 MPH. $$ FORECASTER...NWS OMAHA/VALLEY REQUESTED BY...DUWAYNE TRAVERSIE-FMS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120424.L1481.01/OAX