FNUS73 KPAH 151824 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR TRAILER FIRE...USFS LBL NAT REC AREA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 124 PM CDT FRI OCT 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1311 CDT ON OCTOBER 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY... NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH TODAY OVER THE WARNED AREA. IN ADDITION...FREQUENT WIND GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WILL BE COMMON THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 20 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE AND VERY DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE RED FLAG FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE QUICKLY AFTER 6 PM. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........71 AT REQUEST...MAX 73. RH..................25 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 19 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 11 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 15 MPH. GUSTS TO 20 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........6 OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 6. MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL AT REQUEST. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 8 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 14 TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............69 71 71 71 69 65 RH..............25 22 22 22 24 29 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 10 9 8 6 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 20 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...4.8 5.3 5.4 4.9 3.5 1.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 20 18 16 14 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....6 6 6 6 6 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 39. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 6 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR HIGH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 2 TO 10 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............59 52 49 46 44 43 RH..............37 52 58 63 68 70 20 FT WIND......N 4 N 2 N 2 N 2 NE 1 NE 0 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....300 BLW100 300 300 300 200 TRANSPORT WIND..N 10 N 6 N 5 N 5 NE 3 NE 2 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....6 5 5 5 4 4 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 75. RH..................MIN 21 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. 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.......300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-4200 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 2 TO 3 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 58 71 73 RH..............73 51 27 24 20 FT WIND......E 0 SE 2G5 SW 3G5 SW 4G5 MIX HGT (FT)....300 2000 3600 3900 TRANSPORT WIND..N 2 SW 5 W 6 W 5 CWR.............0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...HOOPER REQUESTED BY...REGINA ROBY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101015.TRAIL.01/PAH