FNUS73 KPAH 061517 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR INAGHEH UNITS 1S 3 6...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 917 AM CST FRI NOV 6 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON NOVEMBER 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AS FOR INVERSIONS TODAY THERE WILL BE ELEVATED INVERSION ABOUT 2 TO 3K FEET. THIS IS AND ALWAYS SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN YOUR MIXING HEIGHT ON THE PLANNING FORECAST. FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT THE INVERSION WILL COME TO THE SURFACE...NO LIFT... ...SURFACE WINDS WILL STAY UP OVERNIGHT BUT NO LIFT SO THE SMOKE WILL SPREAD NORTH NORTHEAST AT THE SURFACE... WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING EAST OF THE HEARTLAND... SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND SATURDAY...SLOWLY INCREASING MINIMUM DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ACROSS THE REGION OVER THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE WEEKEND...IN ADVANCE OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEM TO IMPACT THE AREA NEXT WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE HEARTLAND MONDAY NIGHT...BRINGING A SMALL CHANCE FOR RAIN ALONG AND JUST AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. DRY AND COOLER WEATHER WILL RETURN ON WEDNESDAY AND PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE ONCE AGAIN DOMINATES THE HEARTLAND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 66. RH..................55 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...BECOMING 2300 FT AGL EARLY AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 MPH INCREASING TO 35 TO 36 MPH. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............55 58 62 64 65 65 63 60 RH..............55 49 43 38 35 38 43 47 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 9 10 10 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 20 20 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.8 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.7 1.4 1.1 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.13 17 21 25 29 32 35 36 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 46. RH..................MAX 94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 30 TO 36 MPH DECREASING TO 2 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............57 55 53 52 51 50 50 50 49 49 48 48 RH..............55 61 69 71 74 77 77 77 80 80 83 83 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.36 33 30 24 20 15 10 7 5 2 2 2 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70. RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 11 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH INCREASING TO 30 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 28 TO 32 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 57 66 69 RH..............86 72 54 49 20 FT WIND......S 6G15 S 8G25 S 9G30 S 8G30 MIX HGT (FT)....900 2000 2800 2000 TRANSPORT WIND..S 3 SW 15 SW 28 SW 32 CWR.............0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...HOOPER REQUESTED BY...SCOTT CRIST TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091106.INAGH.02/PAH