105  
FNUS73 KLOT 131443  
FWSLOT  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR MILLER WOODS UNIT 7...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL  
843 AM CST FRI NOV 13 2009  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON NOVEMBER 13.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE MOVING OFF TO THE EAST WITH SERIES OF  
WEAK LOW PRESSURE WAVES LIFTING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE PLAINS. THIS  
WILL PROVIDE SOUTH WINDS ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WITH LAKE BREEZE NOT  
EXPECTED. NEAR SURFACE BASED MORNING INVERSION WILL GRADUALLY MIX TO  
2000 FEET BY EARLY AFTERNOON.  
 
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY.  
TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 59.  
RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 15 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE  
SOUTH WINDS 14 TO 15 MPH.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 TO 700 FT AT IGNITION...RISING TO AROUND 1800 FT  
BY 12 PM...AND AROUND 2000 FT EARLY AFTERNOON.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /9000 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION. MAX...POOR /30000  
KNOT-FT/.  
 
TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........34 33 31 33 34 36 37 39  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............50 54 57 58 59 58 57 54  
RH..............50 44 41 38 37 38 41 47  
20 FT WIND DIR..170 180 180 170 170 160 160 160  
20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11  
20 FT WIND GUST.25 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.9 1.8 2.0 2.0 2.0 1.5 0.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.170 170 170 170 170 170 170 160  
TRANSP WIND SPD.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 12  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
VRATE KT-FT/10009 14 27 30 30 30 23 14  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.  
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43.  
RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......100 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH LESS THAN 5 MPH.  
 
TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........40 42 45 47 49 52 54 56 59 61 63 66  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............52 51 50 49 48 47 46 46 45 45 44 44  
RH..............52 55 59 62 64 65 67 67 70 72 76 81  
20 FT WIND DIR..160 160 160 170 170 170 170 180 180 180 180 180  
20 FT WIND SPD..11 11 11 11 12 12 11 11 11 10 10 10  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0  
TRANSP WIND DIR.160 160 160 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
   
SATURDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.  
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 59.  
RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 20 MPH.  
 
TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........68 70 71 73 75 77 78 80 81 82 83 85  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............44 44 46 49 52 55 57 58 59 58 57 54  
RH..............85 86 84 76 70 64 60 59 58 59 62 70  
20 FT WIND DIR..180 180 180 180 180 180 180 190 190 190 190 180  
20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 7 7 6 6  
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 15  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.0 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.3 1.5 0.9  
TRANSP WIND DIR.000 180 190 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200  
TRANSP WIND SPD.0 6 14 15 17 17 16 15 14 13 12 10  
 

 
FORECASTER...RATZER  
REQUESTED BY...WILLIAM MULLENS  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 20091113.MILLE.01/LOT  
 
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