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SPOT FORECAST FOR LONE PINE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
605 AM EST SAT NOV 7 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EST ON NOVEMBER 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ANCHORED OVER THE ATLANTIC COAST
WILL KEEP THE WEATHER FAIR OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY. TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE TO WARM EACH DAY. BUT OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL REMAIN QUITE
CHILLY...ESPECIALLY IN OUR TYPICALLY COOLER VALLEY LOCATIONS. EXPECT
A SIGNIFICANT RIDGE...VALLEY SPLIT IN TEMPERATURES EACH NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE QUITE LOW EACH AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY...WITH SLIGHTLY HIGHER VALUES ON SUNDAY. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL DROP TO NEAR 25 PERCENT ON SATURDAY AND MONDAY...AND
TO AROUND 30 PERCENT ON SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST RIDGETOPS...ABOVE 2500
FEET WILL SEE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP TO AROUND 20 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10
                    MPH BY NOON...DECREASING TO AROUND 3 MPH IN THE
                    EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH BY NOON...THEN SLOWLY DECREASING TO
                    AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH...SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST
                    10 TO 15 MPH BY NOON...THEN SLOWLY DECREASING TO
                    AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING.
POP.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1600 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....30.

TIME (EST)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........3      4      6      7
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............61     65     66     58
RH..............38     32     34     46
20 FT WIND......SW 9   SW 9   SW 8   SW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.20     20     10
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH AT 2 MPH.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
POP.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

TIME (EST)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........8      7      6      6      6      6
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............55     51     49     47     45     44
RH..............52     63     71     76     80     82
20 FT WIND......SW 3   S 3    S 2    S 2    SW 1   W 0
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.
MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
POP.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....11.

TIME (EST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........6      6      7      8      6      4
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     50     61     68     70     66
RH..............84     64     45     37     35     41
20 FT WIND......S 0    W 1    SW 3   S 3    S 3    S 1
20 FT WIND GUST.              5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      5      5      5

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FORECASTER...RAY
REQUESTED BY...ROBIN ACCIARDO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091107.LONEP.01/JKL