FNUS73 KLSX 141451 FWSLSX SPOT FORECAST FOR LITZSINGER ROAD ECOLOGY CENTER...MO BOTANICAL GARDEN NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO 851 AM CST FRI DEC 14 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CST ON DECEMBER 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... FUEL MOISTURE TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 7-8 PERCENT RANGE TODAY. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY FALLS BELOW 30 PERCENT AT MAX HEATING. RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS AND MIXING HEIGHTS LESS THAN 1000FT AGL THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE POOR VENTILATION RATES. A ROUND OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SATURDAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................NO TSTMS. TEMPERATURE.........56 AT IGNITION...MAX 60. RH..................39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 25 PERCENT. WIND...EYE LEVEL....WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WIND LATE IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 2 TO 4 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. WIND...20 FT........WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WIND LATE IN THE MORNING BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......700FT AGL AT IGNITION... 2000 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING. TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 17 MPH. VENTILATION RATE....POOR (4713 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE EVENING. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS LATE. CWR.................100 PERCENT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...BRITT REQUESTED BY...DEANNA ENGLISH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121214.LITZS.03/LSX