FNUS73 KLOT 141551 FWSLOT SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST BEACH RX...INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 951 AM CST WED NOV 14 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CST ON NOVEMBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL BRING LIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS TO THE INDIANA DUNES AREA TODAY. THIS AFTERNOON...MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 40S WITH PEAK MIXING HEIGHTS AROUND 2500 FT ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 45. RH..................57 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1500-2500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 23 MPH. MIXING TEMP 1700FT..43. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /41000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...FAIR /42500 KNOT-FT/. TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........68 66 60 54 48 43 39 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............39 41 43 44 44 43 41 RH..............57 50 47 47 49 51 57 20FT WIND DIR...170 170 170 170 170 160 160 20FT SPEED(MPH).7 6 6 6 6 6 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..6 6 6 6 5 5 4 20FT GUST(MPH)..13 12 10 10 10 10 9 20FT GUST(KT)...11 10 9 9 9 9 8 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 1.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 170 170 170 160 160 TRANSP WIND SPD.23 22 22 21 20 18 18 VRATE KT-FT/100035 41 43 41 36 28 19 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32. RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING TEMP 1700FT..MISSING. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (3000-10500 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........34 32 30 28 26 24 22 28 33 39 44 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............39 38 38 37 36 35 34 34 34 34 33 32 RH..............62 67 70 72 75 75 78 78 78 78 82 85 20FT WIND DIR...150 150 150 150 160 160 160 160 170 170 170 170 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 4 20FT GUST(MPH)..9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 9 8 8 20FT GUST(KT)...8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 VRATE KT-FT/100011 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 48. RH..................MIN 49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500-2500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 15 MPH. MIXING TEMP 1700FT..48. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO POOR (2500-30500 KNOT-FT). TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........55 56 57 58 58 59 60 60 59 59 59 58 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............32 34 36 39 41 43 44 46 48 48 46 44 RH..............85 78 72 64 59 57 55 51 49 49 53 57 20FT WIND DIR...170 180 190 190 190 190 200 200 200 200 200 200 20FT SPEED(MPH).5 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 20FT SPEED(KT)..4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 20FT GUST(MPH)..7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 20FT GUST(KT)...6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.5 1.5 2.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 1.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.170 180 180 190 190 190 200 200 200 200 200 200 TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 13 13 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 VRATE KT-FT/10003 3 4 6 12 19 25 29 31 29 24 16 $$ FORECASTER...CASTRO/FRIEDLEIN REQUESTED BY...MARY ELLEN WHITENACK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121114.WESTB.01/LOT