FNUS74 KLZK 281409
FWSLZK

SPOT FORECAST FOR 20 NEW GASTON LINE PREP...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
809 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CST ON FEBRUARY 28.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TODAY...ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL
BE LIGHT...GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH IN MOST LOCATIONS. MIN RH
VALUES WILL DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT...POSSIBLY AS LOW AS 20 PERCENT
DURING THE AFTERNOON HRS IN SOME ISOLATED LOCATIONS. THE NEXT
SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE STATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...BRINGING
RAIN CHANCES TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. SNOW MAY MIX IN
WITH THE RAINFALL DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS MONDAY.
HOWEVER...NO PROBLEMS ARE ANTICIPATED. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY
WEATHER WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR THE REST OF THE WORK
WEEK...WITH THE NEXT FRONT MOVING INTO THE STATE SATURDAY.

.TODAY...

                    TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 56.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (CST)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
TEMP............55  56  54  52
RH..............29  27  30  33
20 FT WIND DIR..E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..3   5   5   5
20 FT WIND GUST.5   5   5   5
EYE LVL WND DIR.E   E   E   E
EYE LVL WND SPD.2   3   3   3
EYE LVL WND GST.3   3   3   3
TRANSP WIND DIR.E   E   E   SE
TRANSP WIND SPD.6   7   8   9

.TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....35.
MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS.
TRANSPORT WINDS........EAST 10 TO 15 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING
                    LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
TEMP............50     46     43     40     38     36
RH..............38     44     51     58     64     69
20 FT WIND......E 5    E 5    E 5    E 3    E 5    E 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      5      5
EYE LVL WND DIR.E      E      E      E      E      E
EYE LVL WND SPD.3      3      3      2      3      4
EYE LVL WND GST.3      3      3      3      3      3
TRANSP WIND DIR.SE     E      E      E      E      E
TRANSP WIND SPD.10     12     12     13     14     15

.MONDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....48.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHEAST 15 TO 22 MPH.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH.

TIME (CST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
TEMP............35        40        44        48
RH..............74        67        61        52
20 FT WIND......NE 7      E 7G10    E 7G10    E 7G10
EYE LVL WND DIR.NE        E         E         E
EYE LVL WND SPD.4         4         4         4
EYE LVL WND GST.3         5         5         5
TRANSP WIND DIR.E         E         NE        NE
TRANSP WIND SPD.15        16        17        20

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FORECASTER...62
REQUESTED BY...BEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100228.20NEW.01/LZK