FNUS73 KPAH 080435 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR BLOWDOWN UNITS 12 13...USFS SHAWNEE NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1035 PM CST SUN MAR 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL AND SUPPLY ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO THE HEARTLAND. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TOMORROW...WHICH SHOULD RESULT IN DECREASING CLOUDS. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE COULD ALLOW FOR MORE CLOUDS TO FORM DURING THE DAY...RESULTING IN PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........52 AT IGNITION...MAX 61. MIN HUMIDITY........65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT NORTH WINDS SHIFTING TO THE EAST IN THE AFTERNOON UNDER 5 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 2700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 2 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. 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............42 43 46 49 52 54 57 58 60 60 60 59 RH..............89 86 79 72 66 62 58 56 55 55 56 59 20 FT WIND DIR..N NW NW NW N N N NE E SE SE E 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 1.4 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 2.3 2.5 2.7 2.7 2.6 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NW NW NW NW NW NW SW SW SW S TRANSP WIND SPD.9 8 8 7 6 5 3 2 2 2 3 6 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...WFOPADUCAH REQUESTED BY...SCOTT CRIST TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100308.BLOWD.01/PAH