FNUS73 KJKL 181133
FWSJKL

SPOT FORECAST FOR ANO AIRSTRIP...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
733 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0740 EDT ON MARCH 18.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...ONE MORE DAY OF LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS AND TEMPERATURES
SOARING INTO THE 70S. THEN A COLD FRONT APPROACHES OVERNIGHT
SPREADING CLOUDS AND RAIN INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY. THE RAIN CONTINUES
THURSDAY MORNING WITH A POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. THEN THE RAIN
WILL MOVE EAST AND FRIDAY WILL SEE HIGH TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE
50S. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON
BUT WILL BE PREDOMINATELY FROM THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS WILL SWITCH TO
THE WEST AND THEN NORTHWEST AFTER SUNRISE THURSDAY MORNING WITH THE
PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73.
MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
POP.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....67.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN
                    SHOWERS LIKELY TOWARDS DAWN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44.
MAX HUMIDITY........99 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH.
POP.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A
                    CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
POP.................60 PERCENT.
LAL.................2.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....28.

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FORECASTER...DUSTY
REQUESTED BY...BONITA JOHNSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090318.ANOAI.01/JKL