FNUS73 KPAH 301602 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR CAMPGROUND PILES...FISH & WILDLIFE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1002 AM CST WED DEC 30 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1010 CST ON DECEMBER 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE HEARTLAND AS AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM APPROACHES THE REGION TODAY. WHILE LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...GRADUAL WARMING WILL CHANGE THE LIGHT SNOW TO LIGHT RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA BY AFTERNOON. LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WILL PERSIST INTO TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE RAIN MAY BE MIXED WITH LIGHT SNOW AT TIMES NEAR THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE HEARTLAND ON THURSDAY...BRINGING THE PRECIPITATION TO AN END. COLD WEATHER WILL LINGER INTO THE START OF THE NEW DECADE...WITH THE ARRIVAL OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. FOR THAT MATTER...SEVERAL DAYS OF SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN OR SNOW LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........35 AT IGNITION...MAX 37. RH..................66 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 65 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................17 PERCENT INCREASING TO 46 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1000-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-3900 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 0 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 23 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 26 TO 29 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 18 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....SN SN RN RN RN RN RN RN TEMP............34 35 35 36 37 37 37 37 RH..............66 64 66 67 70 72 75 79 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.5 1.9 2.7 3.6 3.9 3.1 1.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW S TRANSP WIND SPD.7 15 23 26 29 26 18 8 CWR.............20 20 50 50 50 50 50 50 HAINES INDEX....2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW IN THE EVENING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 33. RH..................MAX 97 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................44 PERCENT DECREASING TO 11 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 0 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTHWEST 22 TO 31 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN INCREASING TO 26 TO 33 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT DECREASING TO AROUND 23 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............37 36 35 35 34 34 RH..............82 89 92 92 92 92 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 S 6 S 5 SW 5 SW 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (FT)....800 600 1200 1800 1600 1500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 0 S 0 S 9 SW 31 SW 31 SW 26 CWR.............40 40 40 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....3 2 2 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SNOW IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 40. RH..................MIN 73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................15 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-2600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 12 TO 21 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW TEMP............34 35 38 38 RH..............89 89 76 70 20 FT WIND......SW 3G5 W 3G10 NW 5 NW 5G10 MIX HGT (FT)....1600 1700 2300 2400 TRANSPORT WIND..W 21 W 15 NW 9 NW 15 CWR.............20 20 20 20 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...WFOPADUCAH REQUESTED BY...RAYMOND J PARRISH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20091230.CAMPG.01/PAH