754  
FNUS73 KIWX 181520  
FWSIWX  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR HENRY Z PRESCRIBED FIRE...ODNR-DOW  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA  
1120 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0600 EDT ON MARCH 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
 
 
MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. RH VALUES  
FOR THE SPOT LOCATION WILL REMAIN FAIRLY MOIST WITH THE LOWEST  
RH VALUES ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THE MID TO UPPER 50S. BREEZY  
SOUTHWEST WINDS AT THE SURFACE WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EXPECTED.  
   
FRIDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.  
TEMPERATURE.........37 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.  
RH..................100 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 56 PERCENT.  
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.  
MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3500 FT AGL.  
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 25 TO 28 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING.  
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR /5600 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.  
MAX...EXCELLENT /83800 KNOT-FT/.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........71 62 86 84 81 79 79 79 79 78 77 76  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TEMP............37 37 38 40 43 47 51 55 58 61 63 64  
RH..............100 100 96 92 89 83 77 72 67 62 58 56  
20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW  
20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 7 8 9 10 12 12 12 12  
20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 10 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 20 18  
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 0.6 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 2.2 2.9 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.5  
TRANSP WIND DIR.200 210 210 210 220 220 230 240 240 240 240 240  
TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 14 16 20 23 25 28 28 26 25 23  
CWR.............0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10  
VRATE KT-FT/1K..6 7 8 14 22 32 49 67 84 82 77 70  
 

 
FORECASTER...ANDERSEN  
REQUESTED BY...TRAVIS KRUSE  
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED  
.TAG 2606301.0/IWX  
.DELDT 03/19/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
 
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