FNUS74 KLZK 141558 CCA
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SPOT FORECAST FOR BFG GRASS PLOTS...U.S.F.S.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
956 AM CST WED JAN 14 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON JANUARY 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ARKANSAS TODAY...AND
BRING A WIND SHIFT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST AS THE DAY PROGRESSES.
OTHER THAN SOME CLOUDS...NO PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED WITH THE FRONT.
THE COMBINATION OF BREEZY CONDITIONS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES APPROACHING
25 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........44 AT IGNITION...MAX 51.
RH..................33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 23 TO 31 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                       13 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND
                       AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3400 FT MSL.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.

TIME (CST)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........PC  MC  MC  MC  MC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............44  48  50  51  51  48  44
RH..............M   M   M   M   M   M   M
EYE LVL WND DIR.W   W   W   NW  NW  N   N
EYE LVL WND SPD.5   5   5   5   6   6   6
EYE LVL WND GST.5   5   5   5   5   5   5
MIX HGT (KFT)...
TRANSP WIND DIR.NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  N   N
TRANSP WIND SPD.14  13  13  15  17  20  22
CHC OF PCPN (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (60-70 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........MIN 18.
RH..................MAX 65 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH 14 TO 23 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1500 FT MSL.
STABILITY CLASS.....4.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............39     34     31     28     25     19
RH..............36     44     49     54     56     65
EYE LVL WND DIR.N      N      N      N      N      N
EYE LVL WND SPD.6      5      5      5      5      5
EYE LVL WND GST.5      5      5      5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....
TRANSP WIND DIR.N      N      N      N      N      N
TRANSP WIND SPD.23     23     22     20     17     15
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      10     10     10     10     10

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FORECASTER...J LEWIS/K MCNEIL
REQUESTED BY...ADAM STROTHERS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090114.BFGGR.01/LZK