FNUS73 KPAH 071244 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR SMOKING GUNS...DOD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 744 AM CDT WED APR 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0729 CDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL FINALLY GIVE WAY TO AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AS A STORM SYSTEM TRACKS OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS TO OUR AREA...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BY THE AFTERNOON AND HEADING EAST OF THE LAKES REGION LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. SKIES WILL CLEAR ON THURSDAY POSING THE POTENTIAL FOR A COUPLE OF FROSTY MORNINGS. A WARMING TREND WILL ENSUE OVER THE WEEKEND AS DRY WEATHER CONTINUES. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........67 AT REQUEST...MAX 80. MIN HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 11 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 5. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT AGL AT REQUEST...INCREASING TO 2400-4200 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST BY THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC MC MC MC MC MC MC CDY CDY WEATHER COV..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............65 67 69 71 73 75 77 79 79 78 76 74 RH..............73 72 64 57 54 50 47 45 45 46 48 53 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 25 25 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.0 1.5 2.1 2.7 3.4 4.0 4.2 4.0 3.5 2.9 2.6 2.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.18 23 28 30 30 29 28 26 25 23 21 18 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. MIN TEMPERATURE.....54. MAX HUMIDITY........87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS SHIFTING WEST 6 TO 10 MPH... GUSTS TO 15 MPH. CWR.................90 PERCENT DECREASING TO 70 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 17 TO 22 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............71 65 62 59 56 54 RH..............57 68 72 78 80 83 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 SW 6 W 6 W 6 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 1700 1900 2500 2400 2300 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 17 SW 21 SW 22 W 20 NW 21 NW 22 CWR.............90 90 90 70 70 70 HAINES INDEX....3 2 2 2 2 2 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....58. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................34 PERCENT DECREASING TO 0 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2600-4300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-6100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 20 TO 21 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............54 56 57 57 RH..............77 66 57 53 20 FT WIND......NW 6G15 NW 6G15 NW 6G15 NW 6G15 MIX HGT (FT)....2600 3900 5100 5800 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 20 NW 20 NW 21 NW 20 CWR.............30 30 0 0 HAINES INDEX....2 3 4 5 $$ FORECASTER...PRESLEY REQUESTED BY...DREW MICKOLAY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100407.SMOKI.01/PAH