FNUS74 KLZK 301727 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR STRAWBERRY FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1225 PM CDT THU SEP 30 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1214 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THERE IS AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT OVER MUCH OF ARKANSAS...DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF LOW FUEL MOISTURE LEVELS AND LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. ALSO...WINDS WILL BECOME ELEVATED THIS AFTERNOON TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS...AS A WEAK COLD FRONT DRIFTS THROUGH THE STATE. MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH ARKANSAS ARE UNDER A BURN BAN. A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ISSUED. THE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........83 AT REQUEST...MAX 83. RH..................42 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 35 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH 14 TO 23 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5300 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 6 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............83 85 86 86 85 83 RH..............42 39 36 35 37 43 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 9 9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 20 20 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST.10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...5300 FT MSL TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.18 20 21 22 23 24 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHEAST 21 TO 26 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT....... STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............78 69 65 62 60 59 RH..............43 58 66 70 71 71 20 FT WIND......N 8 N 8 N 7 N 6 N 5 N 5 20 FT WIND GUST.20 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 4 4 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.10 3 3 3 3 3 MIX HGT (FT).... TRANSP WIND DIR.N N NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.24 25 26 25 24 22 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...L PYLE REQUESTED BY...JEFF BRICE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100930.STRAW.01/LZK