FNUS73 KJKL 030948 FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR BARKER BRANCH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 548 AM EDT WED NOV 3 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2121 EDT ON NOVEMBER 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE FORECAST AREA TODAY AND WILL MODERATE AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND MIN HUMIDITY. IN ADDITION...RAIN SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY LATER AFTERNOON AND LESSEN THE THREAT OF FIRE DANGERS. A MORE SOAKING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY LATE TONIGHT MAINLY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DEEPENING TROUGH MERGES WITH A CLOSED LOW OVER THE SOUTHEAST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 64. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 8 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST 0 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST 0 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 8 MPH IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE WEST IN THE AFTERNOON. POP.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........68 67 66 66 66 67 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............39 46 55 60 62 59 RH..............65 63 48 46 48 51 20 FT WIND......NE 5 E 5 SE 7 W 7 W 8 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.8 9 11 12 9 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 39. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST AROUND 5 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST AROUND 5 MPH. POP.................30 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........68 73 79 84 78 70 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............52 49 46 45 43 42 RH..............67 70 73 82 79 84 20 FT WIND......NW 3 W 3 W 3 W 3 W 2 W 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 55. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. POP.................30 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........65 66 69 71 71 72 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............40 44 49 53 54 51 RH..............82 74 60 51 48 52 20 FT WIND......W 3 W 3 W 6 W 9 W 9 W 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...SHALLENBERGER REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101102.BARKE.01/JKL