FNUS73 KPAH 071449 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR TA 31...DOD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 949 AM CDT THU OCT 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON OCTOBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH TODAY...CAUSING WINDS TO SHIFT INTO THE NORTH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN ITS WAKE...MAKING FOR A DRY AND SUNNY WEEKEND. ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED MONDAY AND AGAIN WEDNESDAY BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT SHOWERS. RAINFALL TOTALS WILL RANGE FROM TRACE AMOUNTS TO A COUPLE TENTHS AT BEST. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........72 AT IGNITION...MAX 82. RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 4 TO 8 MPH BECOMING NORTH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 5. MIXING HEIGHT.......2800 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING 3000-3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 800-1500 FT AGL EARLY EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 9 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............72 74 77 79 80 81 79 75 RH..............42 40 36 28 27 26 28 32 20 FT WIND DIR..W NW NW NW N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 7 6 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 9 6 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.8 3.3 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.2 1.5 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW N N TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 10 9 10 10 12 13 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 48. RH..................MAX 68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 6 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............68 60 57 54 52 51 RH..............40 64 64 64 66 66 20 FT WIND......N 3 N 3 N 2 NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....300 BLW100 100 300 BLW100 BLW100 TRANSPORT WIND..N 13 N 13 N 12 NE 9 NE 8 E 7 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 4 4 4 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82. RH..................MIN 25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-4400 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 900-1700 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 1 TO 6 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 66 78 80 RH..............68 45 28 26 20 FT WIND......E 2G5 SE 2G5 S 2G5 E 2G5 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2600 4400 2600 TRANSPORT WIND..E 6 SE 2 S 1 E 1 CWR.............0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...YORK REQUESTED BY...DREW MICKOLAY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101007.TA31_.01/PAH