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FWSJKL

SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER...USDA - DANIEL BOONE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
505 PM EDT FRI APR 24 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1624 EDT ON APRIL 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES WILL
BRING WARM AND DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT
WEEK...WITH MUCH LOWER HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ON THE RIDGES THAN IN
THE VALLEYS. IN ADDITION...WINDS WILL AGAIN BE GUSTY ON SATURDAY.
NOTE: THE TABULAR DATA IS REPRESENTATIVE OF EXPECTED CONDITIONS ON THE
TOP OF THE RIDGE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55 VALLEY FLOOR...63 RIDGETOP.
MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT VALLEY FLOOR...57 PERCENT RIDGETOP.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH THROUGH 2000...
                    BECOMING LIGHT. GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH POSSIBLE
                    THROUGH 1900.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH
                    POSSIBLE THROUGH 1900...THEN SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 15 MPH
                    POSSIBLE THROUGH 1900...THEN SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
POP.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.

TIME (EDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........19     13     11     14     14     12
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............78     72     69     66     63     62
RH..............32     40     46     53     58     62
20 FT WIND......SW 5   S 5    S 5    S 5    S 3    S 3
20 FT WIND GUST.                            5      5
HAINES INDEX....6      6      6      6      6      6

.SATURDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........24-28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS THROUGH ABOUT 1100...THEN SOUTHWEST
                    7 TO 11 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH POSSIBLE.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH THROUGH 1000...THEN BECOMING
                    SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH...GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH
                    POSSIBLE.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...GUSTS UP TO 20
                    MPH POSSIBLE.
POP.................10 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR OR MODERATE POTENTIAL
                    FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 18 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....103.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........6      18     24     31     30     27
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............62     73     79     82     85     85
RH..............63     52     42     31     28     28
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 7    S 9    SW 10  SW 9   SW 8
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     15     15     15     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...PELTON
REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20090424.OTTER.01/JKL