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SPOT FORECAST FOR HOWE OAK RX 2013...STATE/FEDERAL OFFICIAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
627 AM CDT MON APR 29 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON APRIL 29.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A WEAK FRONT WILL STALL VERY NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE
THIS MORNING WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS...BUT EXPECT THE WINDS TO
COME BACK FROM THE SOUTH BY IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT. WINDS WILL BE
INCREASING IN STRENGTH THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH
POSSIBLE LATE IN THE DAY. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN 4 PM AND 8 PM. IF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP...HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. SOUTH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE
NIGHT AND ALL DAY TUESDAY.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD EVENING. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........79 AT IGNITION...MAX 84.
RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW AT IGNITION...MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....FAIR /25200 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.MAX...GOOD
                    /35400 KNOT-FT/.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 20 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 62.
RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MIN...POOR /4700 KNOT-FT/.

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF
                    PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82.
RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 10
                    MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........MAX 6.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....MAX...EXCELLENT /107300 KNOT-FT/.

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FORECASTER...BARJENBRUCH
REQUESTED BY...JASON HARTMAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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