FNUS73 KILX 231543 FWSILX SPOT FORECAST FOR SHERMAN...IFSI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN, IL 1043 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... INCREASING SUNSHINE WILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE MORNING...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE WEST BEGINNING AROUND MIDDAY. EAST-NORTHEAST WINDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...WITH SMOKE DISPERSION BECOMING GOOD. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 45 TO 50 DEGREES THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 50. RH..................45 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-2000 FT AGL AROUND 4300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST 13 TO 18 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR TO FAIR (229-53244 MPH-FT) BECOMING GOOD (64514-77395 MPH-FT) IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............84 64 56 48 WEATHER COV......... WEATHER TYPE........NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP................38 44 48 50 RH..................57 45 39 36 20 FT WIND..........NE 5 E 5 E 6 NE 8 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 10 15 15 EYE LEVEL WIND......NE 4 E 4 E 5 NE 6 EYE LEVEL GUST......10 10 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)........2000 3400 4200 4300 TRANSPORT WIND......NE 8 NE 10 NE 13 E 16 CWR.................0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX........4 4 4 4 VRATE MPH-FT/1000...16 36 53 69 $$ FORECASTER...CHRIS GEELHART REQUESTED BY...STEVE BUILTA TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130323.SHERM.01/ILX