FNUS73 KJKL 221101 FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR WALKER BRANCH...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 601 AM EST MON NOV 22 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON NOVEMBER 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...GUSTY WINDS TODAY... .DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE MIDWEST TODAY WILL SEND A TRAILING COLD FRONT TOWARD OUR AREA TONIGHT. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND THIS FRONT WILL INCREASE TODAY...LEADING TO INCREASING AND GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS WILL SUBSIDE THIS EVENING NIGHT...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS EXPECTED TOWARD SUNRISE ON TUESDAY. THE FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH OF THE BURN AREA BY LATE IN THE DAY ON TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE BRINGING A BRIEF BREAK IN THE RAIN CHANCES...BUT ANOTHER DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR RAIN BY LATE WEDNESDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........41-46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH...SOUTH 8 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AROUND 1100. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AROUND 1100. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AROUND 1100. POP.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 24 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....102. TIME (EST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........44 41 40 41 41 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............63 67 71 71 67 RH..............57 51 46 47 56 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 12 S 13 S 12 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.21 27 30 26 16 HAINES INDEX....2 2 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS TOWARDS DAWN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....55-59. MAX HUMIDITY........81-91 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 8 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 6 TO 11 MPH. POP.................40 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EST) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........41 47 53 66 78 86 WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............65 63 62 61 60 60 RH..............59 63 67 70 74 78 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 S 6 SE 5 S 6 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 4 4 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY LATE. RAIN SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........60-64 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 6 MPH AROUND 1100...THEN BECOMING NORTH 2 TO 5 MPH LATE. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 1100...THEN BECOMING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH LATE. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST AROUND 1100...THEN BECOMING NORTH AROUND 10 MPH LATE. POP.................100 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 0900...THEN 2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 1. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST IN THE UPPER TEENS MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....34. TIME (EST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........96 99 100 100 76 63 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............59 60 63 65 65 60 RH..............85 82 74 67 63 67 20 FT WIND......S 6 W 6 NW 6 NW 6 NW 5 N 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 5 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...PELTON REQUESTED BY...ROBIN ACCIARDO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101122.WALKE.01/JKL