739
FNUS73 KIWX 262027
FWSIWX
SPOT FORECAST FOR COLDWATER WEST UNIT...MIDNR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
427 PM EDT WED MAR 26 2025
FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON MARCH 27.
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
GOOD DAY FOR BURNING WITH DRY CONDITIONS, EXCELLENT VENTILLATION
AND SMOKE DISPERSAL.
THURSDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
TEMPERATURE.........49 AT IGNITION...MAX 57.
RH..................56 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 12 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
WEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5500 FT
AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 20 TO 23 MPH.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....EXCELLENT /62800 KNOT-FT/ AT IGNITION.
MAX...EXCELLENT /109700 KNOT-FT/.
TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........55 63 71 79 81 75
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............49 52 53 54 54 53
RH..............56 50 52 50 52 54
20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W
20 FT WIND SPD..12 13 13 13 13 12
20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 21 20 20 18
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.5 5.1 5.5 4.9 3.5 4.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.270 270 270 270 270 270
TRANSP WIND SPD.21 22 23 22 21 20
CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..63 97 110 94 64 69
THURSDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY.
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42.
RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT, THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7
MPH OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 16 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 7 TO 13
MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....GOOD (43400 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE EVENING
DECREASING TO POOR (2000 KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........71 67 56 59 65 71 73 75 77 78 80 83
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............53 52 49 47 46 44 45 45 44 44 44 44
RH..............57 59 66 74 76 86 82 82 86 86 89 89
20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW S S S S S SE SE SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9 7 5 3 3 3 5 5 6 7 7 8
20 FT WIND GUST.15 12 9 8 8 8 8 9 12 12 13 14
MIX HGT (KFT)...3.1 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6
TRANSP WIND DIR.270 260 240 280 210 190 170 170 170 170 160 150
TRANSP WIND SPD.16 13 9 9 7 7 9 10 10 12 12 13
CWR.............10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
VRATE KT-FT/1K..43 20 5 3 2 2 3 3 4 5 5 6
FRIDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY.
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
MORNING. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE
MORNING, THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN
THE AFTERNOON.
TEMPERATURE.........MAX 69.
RH..................MIN 68 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE
SOUTHWEST 14 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 28
MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC
WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE
MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 22
TO 29 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, THEN
INCREASING TO 32 TO 33 MPH LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
SMOKE DISPERSAL.....POOR (7200 KNOT-FT) EARLY IN THE MORNING
INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (96600 KNOT-FT) IN THE
AFTERNOON INCREASING TO EXCELLENT (121100
KNOT-FT) LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........87 90 90 88 87 85 83 82 80 70 59 49
WEATHER COV..... LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC
WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TEMP............44 45 45 47 49 51 55 58 62 64 66 68
RH..............89 86 89 89 89 89 86 83 78 75 73 68
20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S S SW SW SW SW
20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 8 9 9 10 12 12 15 15 15 16
20 FT WIND GUST.15 16 17 18 18 20 21 21 25 25 26 28
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.1 1.5 2.0 2.7 3.4 4.2
TRANSP WIND DIR.150 150 150 160 170 180 190 220 230 230 240 240
TRANSP WIND SPD.14 15 16 16 16 17 20 22 25 29 32 33
CWR.............10 10 60 60 60 60 60 60 30 30 30 30
VRATE KT-FT/1K..7 8 9 9 9 10 19 30 44 69 97 121
FORECASTER...HOLSTEN
REQUESTED BY...JEFF CORSER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2508087.0/IWX
.DELDT 03/27/25
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0
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