FNUS73 KPAH 241317 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR TWIN SWAMPS...INDIANA DNR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 817 AM CDT WED MAR 24 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MARCH 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A STORM SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN HIGH CLOUDS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO BRING AN INCREASE IN DEW POINTS TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY...GENERALLY DROPPING TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT. THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STARTING TONIGHT AND WORKING EAST ON THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE A BRIEF DRY PERIOD FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY BEFORE THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE AREA. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. DRY AND WARMER WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 5. MIXING HEIGHT.......600-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5000-6400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 0 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 21 MPH. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............62 64 65 66 66 64 RH..............50 48 46 47 47 52 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.6 5.0 5.3 5.5 6.0 6.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.16 20 21 21 20 16 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....48. MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. CWR.................2 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6800-7600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO 0 TO 3 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............63 58 55 53 51 49 RH..............54 64 74 80 86 93 20 FT WIND......SE 3 SE 4 SE 5 SE 5 S 4 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....6800 7600 5200 600 300 700 TRANSPORT WIND..S 13 S 3 S 0 S 0 S 0 S 0 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 5 4 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....60. MIN HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................65 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2800-4300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 0 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO SOUTHEAST 22 TO 31 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............49 53 57 59 RH..............93 83 77 78 20 FT WIND......S 5G10 S 6G15 SE 7G15 NE 5G10 MIX HGT (FT)....700 1400 1200 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..S 0 S 0 S 0 SE 31 CWR.............70 70 70 70 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...YORK REQUESTED BY...BRIAN ABRELL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100324.TWINS.01/PAH