FNUS73 KPAH 051332 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR LITTLE BLACK...MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 832 AM CDT TUE OCT 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON OCTOBER 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE REGION FOR THE NEXT WEEK. AS A RESULT...WINDS WILL BE LIGHT THROUGH THE WEEK...AND THE DRY AIRMASS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. A WARMING TREND IS EXPECTED LEADING INTO THE WEEKEND...AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS OVER THE REGION. THIS WILL RESULT IN VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WITH MINIMUM VALUES GENERALLY INTO THE 20S EACH AFTERNOON. DUE TO THE VERY DRY AIR AND FUELS...FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE TO BE ELEVATED...DESPITE THE LIGHT WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). WIDESPREAD FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........62 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................33 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3700-4800 FT AGL EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 2400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 0 TO 2 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............62 66 67 68 68 67 63 RH..............33 28 27 25 25 27 32 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N NE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 4 4 3 2 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.5 4.1 4.4 4.8 4.7 3.7 2.4 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.6 5 5 6 6 6 6 $$ FORECASTER...PACKETT REQUESTED BY...STEVE PAES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101005.LITTL.01/PAH