FNUS73 KJKL 241016
FWSJKL

SPOT FORECAST FOR BARREN FORK 2...DANIEL BOONE NF
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
616 AM EDT WED MAR 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT AND AT THE SURFACE WILL PROVIDE
ONE MORE DAY OF FAIR WEATHER. HOWEVER...HIGH CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE
INCREASE...AND THICKEN THROUGH THE DAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
DROP BELOW 30 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...PARTICULARLY ACROSS OUR MORE
EASTERN COUNTIES. RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THURSDAY AS A STORM
SYSTEM MAKES IT/S WAY ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. THERE IS ALSO A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY NIGHT. BETWEEN A THIRD AND A
HALF INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY...HIGHWAY 80
CORRIDOR. FURTHER NORTH BETWEEN A HALF...AND ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL
BE POSSIBLE. SATURDAY APPEARS DRY BUT RAIN RETURNS FOR THE LATTER
HALF OF THE WEEKEND.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY...BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69.
MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS EARLY...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH
                    BY MID DAY...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EARLY
                    EVENING.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH...INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....41.

TIME (EDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........14     27     38     41     44
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     65     68     68     67
RH..............62     44     38     34     34
20 FT WIND......S 2    SW 3   SW 7   SW 6   SW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     10     5

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY EARLY...BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47.
MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH.

TIME (EDT)      8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM   6 AM
SKY (%).........47     52     59     64     69     76
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............63     60     56     53     52     49
RH..............43     51     61     70     76     82
20 FT WIND......S 2    S 1    S 0    S 0    S 0    S 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5

.THURSDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
                    MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63.
MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL
                    EVENING.
 UPR SLP/RIDGETOP...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....120.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........81     86     92     97     98     99
WEATHER COV.....              S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............47     51     58     62     59     55
RH..............88     75     60     52     60     72
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 5    S 8    S 10   S 9    S 9
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     20     20     15

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FORECASTER...RAY
REQUESTED BY...ALISON COONS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100324.BARRE.01/JKL