FNUS73 KTOP 021554 FWSTOP SPOT FORECAST FOR TA 76 RX...DEPT. OF ARMY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 1054 AM CDT FRI NOV 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1105 CDT ON NOVEMBER 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EAST-SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD DOMINATE INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...BUT THE PASSAGE OF LOW PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH OF THE BURN WILL CAUSE WINDS TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST BY LATE AFTERNOON AND ON TO THE NORTH BY 8 PM. GUSTS THIS AFTERNOON COULD REACH 18 MPH. PERIODS OF HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS SHOULD LIMIT THE PERSISTENCE OF THE GUSTS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. TEMPERATURE.........54 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 13 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 8 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 5 TO 10 MPH TOWARD EVENING. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE AT IGNITION...MAX 5. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /24300 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD /46600 KNOT-FT/. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. HAINES INDEX........MAX 3. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /2800 KNOT-FT/. $$ FORECASTER...POAGE REQUESTED BY...MARK NEELY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121102.TA76R.01/TOP