FNUS73 KLMK 101412 FWSLMK SPOT FORECAST FOR UNIT 16 PILES...US FISH & WILDLIFE SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1012 AM EDT MON MAY 10 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EDT ON MAY 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SKIES WILL GRADUALLY BECOME OVERCAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. INITIALLY... CLOUDS WILL BE HIGH CIRRUS...BUT WILL TEND TO LOWER TO ALTO-CUMULUS THIS AFTERNOON. CEILINGS WILL STAY ABOVE 8000 FEET DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. A DRY EAST WIND WILL KEEP DEWPOINTS LOW IN THE LOWER TO MID 30S THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL PROMOTE RELATIVELY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 30% AND 40%. WETTING RAINS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER INCH OR MORE EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....55 AT IGNITION...MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS EAST AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...CONTINUING EAST AT 8 TO 10 MPH WITH AN OCCASIONAL GUST UP TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3800-5100 FT AGL...THEN DECREASING TO 3000 FT AGL IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 13 TO 17 MPH. TIME (EDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........50 51 52 53 55 60 64 69 73 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............55 58 61 62 63 63 64 64 63 RH..............49 44 39 38 36 38 37 38 39 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 51. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........75 78 83 88 93 98 100 99 96 93 90 87 WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............62 60 57 55 53 52 51 51 51 52 53 55 RH..............43 46 53 57 64 66 71 74 77 77 77 77 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 77. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 54 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-6300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 TO 32 MPH INCREASING TO 30 TO 37 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........86 84 79 74 70 65 63 62 60 59 57 56 WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............56 60 65 68 70 72 74 75 76 76 75 74 RH..............77 69 61 54 55 55 55 58 58 60 62 64 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..12 14 15 16 17 17 17 16 15 14 11 10 20 FT WIND GUST.20 25 25 30 30 30 30 30 25 25 20 15 $$ FORECASTER...DENMAN REQUESTED BY...BRIAN WINTERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100510.UNIT1.01/LMK