FNUS73 KLSX 031323
FWSLSX

SPOT FORECAST FOR DOGWOOD RIDGE...MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
823 AM CDT WED APR 3 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON APRIL 03.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
NORTH-NORTHEAST FLOW WILL VEER TO THE EAST TODAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES
FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE OHIO VALLEY.  THERE IS A CHANCE OF RAIN ACROSS
PARTS OF SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS LATE TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE DEEP SOUTH.  WIND WILL BE
LIGHT AND VARIABLE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................NO TSTMS.
TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 53.
RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 29 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....LIGHT NORTHEAST WIND EARLY THIS MORNING...
                    THEN EAST 2 MPH.  ADJUSTMENT FACTOR .3
WIND...20 FT........WINDS EAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    EAST WIND 6 TO 7 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...4900 FT AGL AT MAX HEATING.
TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 9 MPH.
VENTILATION RATE....POOR (6111 M 2/S) AT MAX HEATING.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33.
RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....EAST WIND 1 TO 2 MPH.  ADJUSTMENT FACTOR .3

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
CWR.................20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 56.
RH..................MIN 38 PERCENT.
WIND...EYE LEVEL....LIGHT WIND.

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FORECASTER...TRUETT
REQUESTED BY...DAVID SHIEH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130403.DOGWO.02/LSX