FNUS74 KLZK 071248 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR TONY BEND...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 648 AM CST SAT MAR 7 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... GUSTY WINDS PERSIST THROUGH THIS EVENING...AND BE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 30 MPH. AFTER SUNSET...WIND SPEEDS WILL LOWER TO 10 TO 15 MPH. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ELEVATED ON SUNDAY. THESE SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE ALSO CONTINUING TO BRING GULF MOISTURE INTO THE STATE...WHICH WILL GENERATE THE LOW LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE STATE AROUND THE 2000 TO 3000 FT LEVEL THIS MORNING AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE LOW CLOUDS WILL LIFT AROUND MIDDAY EACH DAY. THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE FOR SUNDAY AND WILL CONTINUE INTO NEXT WEEK AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE REGION...AND THEN STALLS ACROSS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION MID WEEK...BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN. TEMPERATURES MAY BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE RAIN TO MIX WITH SNOW ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF ARKANSAS THURSDAY MORNING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 76. RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 47 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 21 TO 30 MPH INCREASING TO 28 TO 32 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5300 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 10 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............67 69 71 73 74 76 74 73 RH..............60 56 53 51 49 47 50 53 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..13 14 14 14 14 14 13 10 20 FT WIND GUST.30 30 30 30 30 30 30 25 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.8 8 8 8 8 8 8 6 EYE LVL WND GST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW S TRANSP WIND SPD.25 30 32 32 30 28 29 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60. RH..................MAX 90 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 28 TO 36 MPH DECREASING TO 25 TO 26 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1300 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............71 68 66 64 62 61 RH..............56 62 69 75 81 85 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 8 S 12 S 14 S 15 S 15 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 20 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 7 8 9 9 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 8 8 10 10 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.31 35 36 33 28 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 30 30 30 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72. RH..................MIN 54 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....WEST WINDS 6 TO 11 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST 20 TO 29 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 6000 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WEST WINDS 7 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............60 64 68 71 RH..............90 76 64 56 20 FT WIND......S 15G20 SW 13G15 SW 12G15 SW 12G15 EYE LVL WND DIR.S SW SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.9 8 7 7 EYE LVL WND GST.10 8 8 8 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW W W TRANSP WIND SPD.25 29 28 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...62 REQUESTED BY...FENN WIMBERLY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090307.TONYB.01/LZK