FNUS74 KLZK 081330 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR KV 10...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 730 AM CST MON MAR 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON MARCH 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS TODAY WILL SLOWLY MOVE EAST...THEN PUSH THROUGH ARKANSAS ON TUESDAY TO EARLY WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SCATTERED TO AT TIMES NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE. ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY. A CHANCE OF RAIN STAYS IN THE FORECAST TUESDAY NIGHT DUE TO THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN. ON WEDNESDAY...ANOTHER QUICK MOVING STRONG SYSTEM WILL AGAIN BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA. THEN A LOWER CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE SEEN OVER ARKANSAS THURSDAY TO FRIDAY...UNTIL THE MAIN UPPER LOW PRESSURE TROUGH MOVES OUT OF THE AREA LATE FRIDAY. MAINLY DRY WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND. WINDS WILL BE ELEVATED FROM THE SOUTH TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........63 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 18 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4600 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW TEMP............63 65 66 67 67 66 RH..............44 42 40 39 40 42 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.13 14 15 16 17 18 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....47. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 20 TO 24 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1600 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............63 59 56 54 52 50 RH..............45 53 59 64 69 75 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S SE EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 6 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.20 21 21 22 23 24 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 50 70 80 70 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....63. MIN HUMIDITY........57 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......40 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 23 TO 26 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 2400 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............49 54 60 62 RH..............79 70 60 57 EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE S S EYE LVL WND SPD.7 8 8 8 EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 8 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.24 24 23 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 40 40 40 $$ FORECASTER...61 REQUESTED BY...BRIAN SULLIVAN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100308.KV10_.01/LZK