FNUS73 KPAH 201542 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR HILLMAN FERRRY QUARRY...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 942 AM CST FRI FEB 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NICE TRANSITION DAY TODAY...AS SOUTH WINDS RETURN TO THE AREA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH WARMER THAN YESTERDAY...BUT THE AIRMASS WILL REMAIN DRY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BOTTOM OUT NEAR 20 PERCENT AROUND 3 PM...BUT WINDS SHOULD BE NO MORE THAN 10 MPH. DISPERSION SHOULD IMPROVE THIS AFTERNOON...AS TRANSPORT WINDS INCREASE. HOWEVER...MIXING HEIGHTS WILL LIKELY NOT TOP 3500 FT THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........33 AT IGNITION...MAX 48. RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...GRADUALLY BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3000-3500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 2500-2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............33 37 41 44 45 47 46 45 RH..............50 39 31 28 27 23 27 29 20 FT WIND DIR.. W SW SW SW SW S S S 20 FT WIND SPD.. 5 5 5 6 6 7 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.7 TRANSP WIND DIR. W W W W W SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD. 8 8 9 10 12 14 15 17 CWR............. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX.... 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...SPAETH REQUESTED BY...JIM MCCOY FMO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090220.HILLM.01/PAH