FNUS75 KDDC 271206
FWSDDC
SPOT FORECAST FOR WU 28...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
706 AM CDT THU APR 27 2006
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES WILL MOVE OFF
TO THE EAST TODAY ALLOWING DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE OVER COLORADO.
STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL PRODUCE
STRONG AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS THROUGH TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT. AN
UPPER LEVEL STORM CURRENTLY OVER THE NORTHERN BAJA PENNINSULA
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE CENTRAL HIGH
PLAINS BY TONIGHT. IT WILL ARRIVE TONIGHT AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME
THAT A CANADIAN COLD FRONT MOVES INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH.
THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL BRING SHOWERS, THUNDER
AND GENERAL RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON AND OFF THROUGH THE DAY ON
FRIDAY.
PASQUILL-GIFFORD STABILITY INDEX FOR QUIVIRA=D
.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80.
MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS......BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO
20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 25 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON.
.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT
CHANCE OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER
MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52.
MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS......BREEZY. SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO
AROUND 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
FIRE GROWTH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 20 TO 25 MPH.
.FRIDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66.
MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
NORTH 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................MISSING.
HAINES INDEX........MISSING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......MISSING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....
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FORECASTER...JOHNSON
REQUESTED BY...WILLIAM WALN
REASON FOR REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20060427.WU28_.01/DDC
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