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Spot Forecast for Coldwater West Rx Burn...MIDNR
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
1223 PM EDT Sat Apr 20 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 EDT on April 20.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

Please contact our office at 1-574-834-1104 if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.

.DISCUSSION...

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
Temperature.........44 at ignition...Max 47.
RH..................41 percent at ignition...Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west/northwest at 15 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Wind gusts up to 24 mph.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......6100 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 6100 ft
                    AGL.
Transport winds.....West/Northwest 23 to 24 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent /127500 knot-ft/ at ignition.
                    Max...excellent /127500 knot-ft/.

TIME (EDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........51  50  41  36  30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Temp............44  45  45  45  46
RH..............41  40  39  41  39
20 FT wind dir..WNW WNW WNW WNW WNW
20 FT wind spd..15  15  15  15  15
20 FT wind gust.23  23  22  22  22
Mix hgt (kft)...6.1 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.9
Transp wind dir.290 290 290 290 290
Transp wind spd.24  23  23  23  23
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1
Vrate kt-ft/1K..128 122 122 121 118

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy.
Temperature.........Min 32.
RH..................Max 79 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West/northwest winds 10 to 14 mph in the evening becoming
                    west 5 to 7 mph overnight.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West/Northwest 12 to 21 mph becoming west 8 to 12 mph
                    late in the evening.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (98300 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (2900 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........27  27  25  28  26  30  34  39  34  37  39  37
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Temp............45  44  43  39  37  35  36  35  34  33  33  33
RH..............42  43  44  52  58  63  62  67  70  71  74  74
20 FT wind dir..W   NW  NW  NW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..15  13  12  9   7   6   5   5   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.22  20  18  13  12  9   8   8   9   9   9   10
Mix hgt (kft)...5.5 5.0 3.1 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.290 290 290 290 300 300 290 290 280 280 270 270
Transp wind spd.21  21  18  13  12  10  8   8   10  10  12  10
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Vrate kt-ft/1K..98  89  49  11  7   5   3   3   4   5   5   4

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny. Widespread frost early in the morning,
                    then areas of frost early in the morning.
Temperature.........Max 54.
RH..................Min 33 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 6 to 15 mph.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 18 mph increasing to 20 to 23 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (4600 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (101700 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........34  34  22  18  15  15  11  11  11  9   6   1
Weather cov.....WID WID ARS
Weather type....FST FST FST
Temp............33  34  36  38  43  47  48  50  52  52  53  54
RH..............79  74  73  66  54  46  43  40  38  36  35  33
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..6   6   7   8   10  12  13  13  14  15  16  16
20 FT wind gust.10  10  12  13  14  16  17  17  20  21  21  22
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.7 1.7 3.5 4.8 5.1 5.3 5.5 5.3 5.1 4.9
Transp wind dir.270 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 280 290 300 300
Transp wind spd.12  10  12  14  16  18  20  21  21  22  23  23
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   5   7   20  49  77  86  93  98  101 102 99

$$
Forecaster...Andersen
Requested by...Nate Stearns
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411429.0/IWX
.DELDT 04/20/24
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