FNUS74 KLZK 081447 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR TINDALL...ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 847 AM CST WED DEC 8 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CST ON DECEMBER 08. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN UPPER LEVEL WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS ARKANSAS THIS MORNING...BRINGING SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES...TO MAINLY CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AREAS. THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT OF ARKANSAS BY THE AFTERNOON AND TAKE ANY REMAINING PRECIPITATION EAST. THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE EAST BY THURSDAY AND RETURN WINDS TO THE SOUTH. THIS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE MOISTURE LEVELS AND TEMPERATURES. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE PLAINS INTO THE MIDWEST THIS WEEKEND...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ALONG A STRONG COLD FRONT AS IT PROGRESSES SOUTH ACROSS ARKANSAS. BEHIND THIS FRONT...SOME WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN AREAS OF ARKANSAS SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........39 AT IGNITION...MAX 41. RH..................41 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST 3 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 2800 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHWEST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............39 40 39 36 RH..............41 40 41 44 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 0 EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 0 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.7 8 7 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 25. RH..................MAX 71 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1300 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............34 32 30 29 28 29 RH..............50 55 58 62 65 65 20 FT WIND......N 3 NE 2 E 3 SE 3 SE 3 S 3 20 FT WIND GUST.0 0 0 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.N NE E SE SE S EYE LVL WND SPD.2 1 2 2 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.0 0 0 3 3 3 MIX HGT (FT).... TRANSP WIND DIR.NW W SW S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.5 3 5 6 7 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 49. RH..................MIN 46 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 20 TO 22 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 2600 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............28 33 43 48 RH..............70 64 48 47 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 8G10 S 13G15 S 13G15 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.3 5 8 8 EYE LVL WND GST.3 5 8 8 MIX HGT (FT).... TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.10 15 21 22 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...62 REQUESTED BY...STEPHEN L SHORT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20101208.TINDA.01/LZK