FNUS74 KLZK 301141 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR MIDDLE RIDGE...U.S.F.S NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 641 AM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0650 CDT ON MARCH 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP CLEAR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE TODAY...WITH SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KTS THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF LOW FUEL MOISTURE...AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS WELL AS INCREASING WINDS WILL ALLOW FOR HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS TODAY...WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. TODAY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO FALL TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT IN MUCH OF THE AREA. ON WEDNESDAY...MINIMUM AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL BE HIGHER..RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH LIKELY. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 80S IN MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ARKANSAS. ON THURSDAY...WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY...BUT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT ABOUT 35 PERCENT AS HIGHER DEWPOINTS ADVECT INTO THE REGION. CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY COME CLOSE TO RED FLAG CRITERIA ON WEDNESDAY IN MUCH OF THE AREA. THUS...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MAY BE BE POSTED AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE FRIDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........43 AT IGNITION...MAX 74. MIN HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH 20 TO 29 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4900 FT MSL. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............43 47 52 56 61 65 68 70 72 73 73 72 RH..............82 70 61 52 45 40 36 33 31 30 31 33 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.1 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 17 18 18 20 22 23 25 26 29 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....47. MAX HUMIDITY........75 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 30 TO 39 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 40 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 65 60 57 54 52 RH..............33 41 51 57 64 69 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 SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.30 33 37 38 39 40 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....76. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. WIND (EYE LEVEL)....SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 35 TO 39 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3800 FT MSL. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............51 57 68 74 RH..............73 59 40 32 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.5 6 7 7 EYE LVL WND GST.5 8 8 13 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.39 38 35 35 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...61 REQUESTED BY...MARK MORALES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100330.MIDDL.02/LZK