FNUS74 KLZK 011332
FWSLZK

SPOT FORECAST FOR COUNTY LINE RX  BURN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
832 AM CDT WED APR 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 01.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
DRY AND MILD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH WINDS SWITCHING
TO THE SOUTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL PICK UP LATE THIS
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING STORM
SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE
NORTHWEST OVERNIGHT...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD BY THURSDAY
MORNING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH AND EAST.
GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE...WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THURSDAY.

A STRONG INVERSION IS IN PLACE THIS MORNING...AND WILL NOT BREAK
UNTIL MID MORNING. 500 HUNDRED METER MIXING HEIGHT TEMPERATURES
WILL NOT BE REACHED UNTIL AROUND 11 AM FOR THIS AREA. THE MIXING
HEIGHTS TODAY WILL BE NEAR 4400 FEET...AND WILL HOLD STEADY
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 30
PERCENT AROUND NOON...WITH MINIMUM HUMIDITIES AROUND 25 PERCENT.
MOISTURE WILL BE SLOW TO RETURN TO THE STATE AHEAD OF THIS NEXT
SYSTEM...BUT EYE LEVEL WINDS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW 10 KNOTS.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 65.
RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.
EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 15 TO 22 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO 38
                    MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4400 FT MSL.
STABILITY CLASS.....3.

TIME (CDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........MCR MCR PC  PC  PC  MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............55  59  61  63  64  65
RH..............35  31  30  28  28  28
EYE LVL WND DIR.S   S   S   S   S   S
EYE LVL WND SPD.8   8   8   8   8   8
EYE LVL WND GST.8   8   8   8   8   8
TRANSP WIND DIR.S   S   S   S   S   S
TRANSP WIND SPD.30  32  35  36  38  38
CHC OF PCPN (%).0   0   0   0   0   0

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FORECASTER...58
REQUESTED BY...MIKE MULFORD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090401.COUNT.01/LZK