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FWSIND
SPOT FORECAST FOR SEPAC FOREST DEMONSTRATION AREA...PURDUE UNIVERSITY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN
730 AM EDT WED APR 8 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 EDT ON APRIL 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT 1-800-499-2133 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.
DISCUSSION
AFTER A COLD START TEMPERATURES WILL RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL
TODAY. LOOK FOR MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BETWEEN 25 TO 35
PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON.
SLIGHTLY ELEVATED FIRE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
WITH SOUTHERLY WIND GUSTS BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH. THE STRONGEST
GUSTS SHOULD PRIMARILY BE FOCUSED ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL INDIANA. LOW RAIN CHANCES RETURN THURSDAY NIGHT WITH
GREATER CHANCES ON FRIDAY.
REST OF TODAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 4 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 10 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 10
TO 13 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (6000 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO GOOD (40400 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON.
ADI.................14 EARLY IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 56 IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........54 42 20 6 8 9 24 26 22 22
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............36 40 46 51 55 59 63 66 66 67
RH..............56 42 37 30 27 27 25 26 28 29
20 FT WIND DIR..E E SE SE SE SE SE S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15 14 13 12 12 13 13 13 13 13
EYE LVL WND DIR.E E SE SE SE SE SE S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.9 8 8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.8 1.2 1.3 1.9 2.5 2.9 3.3 3.6 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E SE SE S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 14 13 10 10 10 10 12 13 13
ADI.............14 14 19 18 25 33 37 46 56 56
SDSPL KT-FT/10006 10 13 12 17 23 26 33 40 40
TONIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (20-30 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51.
MAX HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (41900 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (4900 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
ADI.................59 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 5 LATE IN
THE NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........18 20 29 33 33 25 20 26 23 36 32 25
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TSTM COV........
TEMP............68 66 64 59 58 57 56 55 55 54 53 53
RH..............29 33 45 55 57 59 62 64 64 66 66 69
20 FT WIND DIR..S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S
20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8
20 FT WIND GUST.13 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 15 15 16
EYE LVL WND DIR.S S SE SE SE S S S S S S S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5
EYE LVL WND GST.8 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 10
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 13 13 15 15 16 16 16 18 18 20
ADI.............59 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 12 13
SDSPL KT-FT/100042 7 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 10 11
FORECASTER...PUMA
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN BEHELER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2609524.0/IND
.DELDT 04/08/26
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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