FNUS73 KPAH 021632 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR PIGEON...U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1032 AM CST TUE MAR 2 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON MARCH 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW CLOUDS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAYTIME PERIOD...WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE EXPECTED THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. ANY SMOKE SHOULD BE TRANSPORTED SOUTH ACROSS THE LAKE AREA TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. MIXING HEIGHTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW 1700 FOOT MINIMUMS AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........38 AT IGNITION...MAX 40. MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......2200-3800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 4300-5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 17 TO 23 MPH. TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............38 39 40 40 40 39 RH..............61 61 63 65 67 70 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 8 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 20 20 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.3 4.7 4.9 5.0 5.0 4.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 18 21 23 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....29. MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2700-4500 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1100-3000 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 21 TO 25 MPH. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............38 36 35 34 34 33 33 32 31 31 31 30 RH..............69 74 78 80 83 85 87 89 89 89 86 82 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.5 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.7 2.7 1.7 1.1 1.8 3.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.24 25 24 24 23 22 21 21 21 21 21 22 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....43. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3400-4600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 16 TO 22 MPH. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............30 31 32 34 36 38 40 41 41 42 41 40 RH..............78 72 69 61 56 52 48 46 46 44 48 50 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.0 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.8 4.2 4.6 4.6 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N NW NW N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.22 21 18 17 16 16 16 17 17 18 20 21 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...SMITH REQUESTED BY...RAYMOND J PARRISH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100302.PIGEO.01/PAH