FNUS73 KLMK 281433 FWSLMK SPOT FORECAST FOR LEVEL 2 HAZMAT OKOLONA...METRO LOUISVILLE HAZMAT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1033 AM EDT SAT MAR 28 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1015 EDT ON MARCH 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SURFACE WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM JUST NORTH OF EAST THROUGH AT LEAST MID-AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS SHOULD INCREASE TO AROUND 10 TO 12 MPH BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. EASTERLY WINDS WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20MPH AT THE 2500 FOOT LEVEL. RAINFALL WILL BE QUITE LIGHT AND SPOTTY THROUGH THE MID AFTERNOON HOURS. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WILL JUST MISS THE LOUISVILLE METRO AREA TO THE WEST THROUGH NOON. HOWEVER SOME SPRINKLES OR LIGHT RAIN MAY CROSS JEFFERSON COUNTY. LOW CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON...BUT WILL TEND TO LIFT AND BECOME MORE BROKEN BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THEN RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....53 AT INCIDENT...MAX 60. MIN HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT AT INCIDENT...MIN 67 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 9 MPH AT INCIDENT...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 7 TO 13 MPH. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........93 93 93 93 100 100 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............51 53 56 59 61 62 63 63 63 62 RH..............89 86 80 72 70 67 67 67 67 70 20 FT WIND DIR..E NE NE E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 10 11 14 14 14 14 12 11 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 25 25 25 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 85 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........92 92 92 92 92 92 85 85 85 85 85 85 WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............57 54 52 51 48 46 44 43 42 42 41 40 RH..............69 77 80 80 83 83 82 82 82 82 82 85 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...DENMAN REQUESTED BY...KEVIN COMBS TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20090328.LEVEL.01/LMK