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SPOT FORECAST FOR KICKAPOO BURN...BIA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
853 AM CDT SAT APR 6 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
TOUGHEST PART OF TODAYS SPOT FORECAST IS WINDS. AN UPPER SYSTEM IS
CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE FORECAST AREA BRINGING BREEZY SOUTH
WINDS AND CLOUD COVER. WINDS WILL GUST NEAR 20-25 MPH UNTIL NOON
AND DIMINISH INTO THE AFTERNOON. DIRECTION BEGINS AS
SOUTHWEST...SHIFTS WEST...THEN BECOMES NORTHWEST IN THE MID
AFTERNOON. RH VALUES DROP INTO THE MIDDLE 30S IN THE AFTERNOON AS
TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 70S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY LATE MORNING.
TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 73.
RH..................54 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36.

WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH AT 10AM...BECOMING WESTERLY
AROUND 1PM...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 10 TO 12 MPH AROUND 3PM.                AFTERNOON.

HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 3.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /81600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
                    MAX...EXCELLENT /98900 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47.
RH..................MAX 80 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /800 KNOT-FT/.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
                    CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 60 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71.
RH..................MIN 48 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 11 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /149900 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...CRAVEN
REQUESTED BY...ADAM ROGERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130406.KICKA.01/TOP