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Spot Forecast for Crosley Rx fire...IDNR
National Weather Service Indianapolis IN
957 AM EDT Wed Mar 12 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on March 12.
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...While thresholds for critical fire weather
conditions likely will not be met this afternoon, min RH values
falling to or just below 30 percent combined with afternoon gusts
near 15 mph and continued drying grounds and fuels may lead to a
slightly elevated fire weather risk.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent).
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 14 to 20 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (13200 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (84300 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........8   10  20  30  40  39  37  36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............54  58  63  68  72  73  74  75
RH..............61  58  48  39  34  31  29  30
20 FT wind dir..S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..7   8   9   9   9   10  10  10
20 FT wind gust.9   16  17  17  17  18  18  17
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.5 1.8 2.5 3.1 4.0 4.5 5.0
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   SW  SW
Transp wind spd.14  16  16  17  18  20  20  20
SDspl kt-ft/100013  21  25  37  50  68  77  84

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (55-65 percent).
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........81 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 16 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (56600 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1900 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........35  33  32  32  33  33  40  47  54  58  62  67
Weather cov.....                                M   M   M   M
Weather type....                                M   M   M   M
Tstm cov........                                M   M   M   M
Temp............74  73  69  64  62  59  57  56  55  55  54  53
RH..............30  33  39  46  50  57  62  64  66  66  71  75
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..9   6   3   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   3
20 FT wind gust.15  12  8   8   7   7   7   6   6   6   6   7
Mix hgt (kft)...4.0 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.16  13  10  10  10  8   7   7   9   8   8   7
SDspl kt-ft/100057  9   5   4   4   3   2   2   2   2   2   2

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). Slight chance of
                    rain showers early in the morning, then chance
                    of rain showers late in the afternoon.
Max temperature.....Around 72.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 9 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (29800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........70  74  74  68  62  56  54  53  51  48  44  40
Weather cov.....M   M   SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Weather type....M   M   RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........M   M
Temp............52  52  52  53  58  62  64  67  70  71  71  72
RH..............76  76  79  81  72  63  61  54  49  48  47  48
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   3   2   2   2   2   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.7   7   7   7   8   8   9   9   9   9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.4 3.8 3.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   SE  S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.7   7   7   7   7   6   8   8   8   8   9   9
SDspl kt-ft/10002   1   2   2   3   4   10  16  19  25  30  30

$$
Forecaster...Moore
Requested by...Chad Springer
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2506161.0/IND
.DELDT 03/12/25
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