FNUS73 KPAH 081410 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR WHITESIDE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 810 AM CST MON MAR 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MAIN ISSUES TODAY CENTER ON LOW CLOUDS/FOG AND WEAK BOUNDARY IN THE AREA TODAY. LOW CLOUDS WILL DISSIPATE BY LATE MORNING...BUT IT WILL HAMPER WARMING AND DRYING...RESULTING IN MIXING HEIGHTS NOT SURPASSING CRITICAL LEVELS UNTIL CLOSER TO MIDDAY. THE BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY WILL RESULT IN LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH THE DAY. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE A POTENTIAL PROBLEM BEFORE NOON. HUMIDITIES SHOULD STILL DROP WELL INTO THE 40S THIS AFTERNOON...IT IS JUST GOING TO TAKE AWHILE TO GET THERE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 63. MIN HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 2 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 3600-3900 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 2 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............53 56 58 60 61 62 62 60 RH..............67 63 59 54 51 47 46 50 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N N E 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.6 1.9 2.4 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.6 3.9 TRANSP WIND DIR.N NW W W NW NW W SW TRANSP WIND SPD.3 6 7 6 3 2 3 5 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 3 3 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....44. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1900-3800 FT AGL DECREASING TO 700-1000 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............58 53 51 49 47 45 RH..............57 69 71 77 89 93 20 FT WIND......E 3 E 3 E 3 E 4 SE 4 SE 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3800 1900 700 800 800 800 TRANSPORT WIND..S 6 SE 5 SE 5 E 6 SE 7 SE 7 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58. MIN HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................72 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. 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.......800-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-2900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............45 50 55 57 RH..............82 68 66 62 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 6G10 S 8G20 S 7G20 MIX HGT (FT)....800 1300 2900 2300 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 8 S 14 S 24 S 20 CWR.............70 70 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 2 $$ FORECASTER...SPAETH REQUESTED BY...GREG BURKHART TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100308.WHITE.01/PAH