FNUS74 KLZK 151257 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR BFG GRASS PLOTS...U.S.FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 657 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0710 CST ON JANUARY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD AND DRY ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL FILTER IN OVER THE AREA TODAY AND FRIDAY. SOME SNOW FLURRIES THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL AREAS. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING COLD FRONTS THROUGH THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. THE COMBINATION OF WINDS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES APPROACHING 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON...AND DRY FUELS...MAY LEAD TO ENHANCED WILD FIRE DANGER. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF VERY LIGHT SNOW IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........21 AT IGNITION...MAX 28. RH..................53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH 14 TO 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3500 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CST) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....SN SN SN SN TEMP............21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 27 26 24 RH..............53 49 45 40 37 34 33 32 33 36 40 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.18 17 16 16 15 15 15 14 14 14 14 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 13. RH..................MAX 76 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 14 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH AROUND 3 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............22 20 19 17 16 17 RH..............40 51 63 74 75 66 20 FT WIND......N 7 NE 7 NE 6 NE 5 E 3 E 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.N NE NE NE E E EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 3 2 1 EYE LVL WND GST.5 3 3 3 3 3 TRANSP WIND DIR.N NE NE NE E S TRANSP WIND SPD.14 12 9 7 5 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...M TREXLER REQUESTED BY...ADAM STROTHERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090115.BFGGR.01/LZK