Suppression Forecast
Issued by NWS Amarillo, TX

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SPOT FORECAST FOR ISLAND...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
123 PM CST SAT FEB 6 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON FEBRUARY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
MOIST AND COLD AIR IN PLACE THROUGH THE DAY TODAY WILL KEEP LOW
CLOUDS OVER THE BURN SITE THROUGH MONDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 60 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE VARIABLE
THROUGH THE DAY. MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS WILL LESS THAN 10 MPH. WINDS
SHOULD SLOWLY BECOME SOUTHERLY BY THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY.
AREAS OF FREEZING FOG ALONG WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE EXPECTED
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. SOME FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY. THE CHANCE FOR WETTING RAINS AT THE BURN SITE IS
10 PERCENT TONIGHT AND 30 PERCENT SUNDAY.

.REST OF TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35.
MIN HUMIDITY........70 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 2 TO 4 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......980-1080 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH.

TIME (CST)      1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............40     42     41
RH..............67     62     65
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 6    E 6
20 FT WIND GUST.
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). AREAS OF FOG
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT. PATCHY DRIZZLE OR LIGHT
                    FREEZING DRIZZLE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 30.
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1000 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 7 TO 9 MPH.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     AREAS  AREAS  AREAS
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG    FOG    FOG
TEMP............39     36     34     33     32     31
RH..............73     75     78     75     82     85
20 FT WIND......E 6    E 6    E 6    SE 6   SE 6   SE 6
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     10     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....2      2      2      3      3      3

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF LIGHT
                    FREEZING RAIN IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF RAIN
                    THROUGH THE DAY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39.
MIN HUMIDITY........76 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1500 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE EAST
                    AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............30     30     34     37     39     39
RH..............92     96     85     82     76     79
20 FT WIND......SE 6   SE 7   SE 9   SE 10  SE 10  SE 9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     15     15     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     30     30     30     30
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      3      3

$$
FORECASTER...SCHNEIDER
REQUESTED BY...ANDREW BIVINS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100206.ISLAN.01/AMA













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