FNUS73 KLSX 151718
FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR QUAIL RIDGE...ST. CHARLES COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
1218 PM CDT FRI MAR 15 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1230 CDT ON MARCH 15.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL HELP TO SURGE TEMPERATURES INTO THE 70S
THIS AFTERNOON AS DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED.  A COLD FRONT WILL
THEN SINK SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT BUT SHOULD ALSO
MOVE THROUGH DRY.  ONCE THE FRONT GETS TO OUR SOUTH...IT IS
EXPECTED TO STALL SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY AS WAVES
OF LOW PRESSURE PASS ALONG IT AND GENERATE AREAS OF RAIN.
SOME SNOW MIXING IN WITH THE RAIN IS POSSIBLE SUNDAY MORNING
AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT IN PARTS OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.


.THIS AFTERNOON...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 71.
RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....WINDS EAST AT 1 MPH AT IGNITION.
WIND...20 FT........WINDS EAST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WIND EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 15
                    MPH DURING MID AND LATE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...2000 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTHWEST AROUND 14 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....POOR (3770 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

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REQUESTED BY...NATURAL RESOURCE SUPERVISOR
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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