FNUS73 KPAH 090259 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR GRASSY KNOB...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 859 PM CST MON NOV 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1949 CST ON NOVEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE OVER THE BURN AREA. AS A RESULT...ANOTHER NEARLY FULL SUNSHINE AFTERNOON WILL HELP DRIVE RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS TO MINIMUMS IN THE MID TO UPPER 20S PERCENTILE. WINDS WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN 10 MPH BUT MAY GUST INTO THE MID TEENS AT TIMES DURING THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 72. RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND 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.......INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 0 TO 7 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............42 43 48 54 59 63 67 69 70 70 68 63 RH..............79 79 67 57 47 40 36 32 30 29 29 37 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6 0.8 1.1 1.5 1.8 2.2 2.6 3.1 3.6 3.7 2.9 1.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S SW SW S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.0 0 0 0 3 7 10 13 15 14 10 5 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42. RH..................MAX 85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. 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.......500-800 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 0 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 53 50 48 47 45 RH..............45 56 63 71 77 82 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 4 S 3 S 2 S 2 S 2 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....800 500 600 600 600 600 TRANSPORT WIND..S 0 S 0 S 0 S 0 S 0 S 0 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 71. RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. 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.......INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 0 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 23 TO 28 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 9 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 55 67 70 RH..............89 67 49 46 20 FT WIND......S 2G5 S 6G10 S 8G15 S 6G10 MIX HGT (FT)....600 1500 3300 4100 TRANSPORT WIND..S 0 S 0 S 25 S 23 CWR.............0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 5 4 5 $$ FORECASTER...WFO PADUCAH REQUESTED BY...JON TEUTRINE TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101108.GRASS.02/PAH