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Spot Forecast for Harris Tract Rx...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
1203 PM EST Fri Feb 28 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EST on March 01.
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.

Relative humidity values will be decreasing during the day, but
fuel moistures will be high enough to preclude significant fire
danger.

More widespread precipitation is expected Tuesday into Wednesday
as a low pressure system moves through.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 38.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 6 mph. Gusts up to 20
                    mph late in the morning.
Mixing height.......6000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 17 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (52100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (95600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........46     56     65     55     48
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............34     35     37     36     35
RH..............56     52     42     40     40
20 ft wind......N 7    N 7    NW 7   NW 7   NW 7
20 ft wind gust.20     18     17     18     17
Mix hgt (ft)....3300   4600   5500   6000   4900
Transport wind..N 18   N 20   N 18   N 18   N 17
SDspl kt-ft/100052     78     88     96     73

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    clear (0-10 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 21.
Max humidity........62 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 7 to 16 mph decreasing to 3 to 6 mph
                    after 3 am.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (49900 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1300 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........45     17     7      6      5      5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............33     30     27     25     23     22
RH..............42     40     50     53     56     59
20 ft wind......N 6    N 5    N 3    N 2    N 2    N 1
20 ft wind gust.16     13     12     9      7      6
Mix hgt (ft)....3700   1500   1100   800    700    600
Transport wind..N 16   N 14   N 13   N 9    N 7    N 5
SDspl kt-ft/100050     18     12     7      4      2

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 39.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 3 to 9 mph shifting to the west 8 to
                    9 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1000 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (42300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........6      7      9      10     11     13
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Temp............21     23     28     33     37     39
RH..............61     56     46     37     32     30
20 ft wind......N 1    N 1    N 1    NW 2   W 2    W 2
20 ft wind gust.5      5      5      6      6      6
Mix hgt (ft)....300    1200   3000   4200   4900   4700
Transport wind..N 3    N 3    NW 6   NW 8   W 9    W 9
SDspl kt-ft/10001      4      15     30     41     37

$$
Forecaster...Puma
Requested by...Paul Fountain
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 02/28/25
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