FNUS74 KLZK 181257 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR SLUSHER EAST...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 757 AM CDT WED MAR 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0755 CDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE. INCREASED CLOUD COVER ON THURSDAY WILL ALLOW FOR COOLER SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. WITH WARMER AIR ALOFT... AN INVERSION WILL DEVELOP...AND FORECASTED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES MAY NOT REACH THE 1700 FOOT MIXING HEIGHT TEMPERATURE. RAIN CHANCES WILL COME TO AN END LATE THURSDAY...AS THE FRONT SINKS SOUTH OF THE STATE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 78. RH..................75 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 31 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 14 TO 21 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6500 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....2. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC WEATHER COV.....PTY PTY PTY WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG FOG TEMP............50 55 59 64 68 73 74 76 77 77 76 RH..............75 65 57 50 44 39 34 33 32 32 34 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW S EYE LVL WND SPD.3 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.21 20 18 17 16 15 15 14 14 14 14 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 47. RH..................MAX 81 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH 8 TO 13 MPH. STABILITY CLASS.....5. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............75 67 62 59 55 53 RH..............34 44 53 59 65 70 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S SW SW SW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 3 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.5 3 3 3 3 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW W W NW N TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 10 8 9 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 20 30 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 58. RH..................MIN 51 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHEAST 14 TO 23 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. TIME (CDT) 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............48 50 54 57 RH..............81 73 60 53 EYE LVL WND DIR.N NE NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.5 6 7 7 EYE LVL WND GST.5 8 8 8 TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.14 18 22 22 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...A BROWNE REQUESTED BY...MARK MORALES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090318.SLUSH.01/LZK