FNUS73 KLMK 181204 FWSLMK SPOT FORECAST FOR HA_113 2009 RX_BURN...FORT KNOX CONSERVATION BRANCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 804 AM EDT WED MAR 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NEARLY CALM WINDS THIS MORNING WILL PICK UP FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST BY LATE MORNING. BY MID-AFTERNOON TRANSPORT WINDS AT THE TOP OF THE MIXED LAYER (AROUND 3500 FEET) SHOULD BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 15 TO 18KT. SKIES SHOULD BE ALMOST CLOUD FREE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON BEFORE SOME SCATTERED MID LEVEL CLOUDS BEGIN TO ARRIVE BY LATE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND POSSIBLY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION COVERAGE EXPECTED...BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL NOT BE TOO HEAVY...AVERAGING BETWEEN 0.25 AND ONE HALF OF AN INCH. SKIES WILL TEND TO CLEAR DURING THE AFTERNOON THURSDAY WITH NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....54 AT IGNITION...MAX 73. MIN HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 200-1100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2200-4000 FT AGL THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN INCREASING TO 4000-5100 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 2900 FT AGL IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 17 MPH. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........5 5 5 5 5 25 25 25 25 25 25 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............50 54 58 64 68 70 73 70 72 72 70 RH..............77 69 59 50 43 42 37 44 41 39 42 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9 8 6 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 100 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........86 86 86 86 86 86 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............68 64 61 59 57 55 53 51 49 47 48 46 RH..............45 54 60 64 69 74 80 86 89 96 93 100 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W NW N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 56. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 48 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300-5500 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 14 TO 22 MPH. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........79 79 79 79 79 79 33 33 33 33 33 33 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............46 47 48 50 52 54 55 56 53 55 55 54 RH..............100 96 89 80 74 66 61 57 61 53 51 48 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...DENMAN REQUESTED BY...JOSEPH BRIAN WALDREP TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090318.HA_11.01/LMK