FNUS73 KPAH 021442 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR THREE PONDS PRESCRIBED BURN...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 942 AM CDT THU APR 2 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK EAST NORTHEAST FROM CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TO NORTHWEST TENNESSEE TODAY. AS THE LOW APPROACHES...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME LIKELY...AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. OVERNIGHT...THE LOW WILL TRACK NORTHEAST INTO SOUTHERN INDIANA...THEN WESTERN OHIO...AND TAKE THE RAIN AND STORMS WITH IT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN AND RESULT IN DRY WEATHER FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL OFFER UP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........64 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. RH..................73 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 15 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................14 PERCENT INCREASING TO 100 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4600 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6100 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 5400-6800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 1400-3300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 17 TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY WEATHER COV.....SCH OCL OCL OCL OCL OCL OCL WEATHER TYPE....RW TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............64 67 68 68 68 67 66 RH..............73 65 63 63 63 65 65 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 9 9 9 10 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...6.1 6.8 5.4 3.3 1.4 0.9 0.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.22 24 25 24 23 20 17 CWR.............40 100 100 100 100 100 100 $$ FORECASTER...YORK REQUESTED BY...KYLE VAREL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090402.THREE.02/PAH