National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Fire Weather Forecast (Marion County)

LAST UPDATED: 515 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.DISCUSSION... WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN BE SEEN THIS
SUN AFTERNOON AS SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE INCREASE ACROSS THE
REGION. BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN HOWEVER...BUT DUE TO THE
HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS...MIN RH LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH ENOUGH TO
LIMIT MOST WILDFIRE CONCERNS. PRECIP CHANCES WILL REMAIN LOW FOR
MOST LOCATIONS...EXCEPT LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN
COUNTIES. ANOTHER WARM AND MUGGY DAY IS EXPECTED FOR MON...WITH
MOST RAIN CHANCES LIMITED TO THE NORTHWESTERN SECTIONS OF THE
STATE. CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE
FOR TUE AND TUE NIGHT AS A STORM SYSTEM TO THE WEST MOVES OVER
THE STATE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. DRIER AND
CALMER CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN FOR MID WEEK...BEFORE ANOTHER COLD
FRONT MOVES SOUTH TOWARDS THE STATE...AND STALLS ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE LATE THIS WEEKEND. AS A
RESULT...SOME RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE STATE LATE THIS
WEEK INTO THE UPCOMING WEEKEND.

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      MON

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            20           20           
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         TSTRMS       TSTRMS       
TEMP (24H TREND)      88 (+6)      66 (+1)      82           
MX/MN RH% (24H TREND) 50 (-14)     89 (-11)     58           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)       S  6                      S  8         
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       S 11         S  9         S 11         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.01         0.03         
PRECIP DURATION       0            1            1            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)    3968                      3445         
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    2840                      2317         
CATEGORY DAY          4                         4            
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   S 26                      S 26         
VENT RATE (M/S-M)     14508                     12600        
DISPERSION INDEX      71                        65           
LVORI                              1                         
HAINES INDEX          4            4            3            
STABILITY CLASS       C            E            C            
MIX HGT 500 (F)       79                        73