FNUS73 KJKL 061236 CCA FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR LAUREL FORK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 642 AM EST THU JAN 6 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EST ON JANUARY 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A FAST MOVING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...BRINGING ACCUMULATING SNOW FALL TO EASTERN KENTUCKY IN ITS WAKE. THE BULK OF THE SNOW WILL FALL LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. WESTERLY WINDS COULD GUST TO AS HIGH AS 25 MPH LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS TODAY AND TOMORROW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING CLOUDY LATE. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........34 AT IGNITION...MAX 40. HUMIDITY............61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 55 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS WEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 7 TO 13 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 3 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. POP.................40 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......3400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....70. TIME (EST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........48 54 74 91 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............34 37 38 35 RH..............61 57 56 63 20 FT WIND......W 9 W 12 W 13 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 20 HAINES INDEX....4 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY AND A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING...THEN SNOW SHOWERS LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 25. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 87 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. POP.................80 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EST) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........97 99 100 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP............33 31 30 29 26 25 RH..............69 73 75 76 83 87 20 FT WIND......W 9 W 8 W 9 W 9 W 8 W 7 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 15 20 15 15 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 2 2 2 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. SNOW SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 32. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. POP.................70 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 20 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....46. TIME (EST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........100 97 94 91 92 94 WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP............25 28 30 31 31 30 RH..............85 75 67 61 61 64 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 8 W 9 W 9 W 9 W 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 20 15 HAINES INDEX....2 2 2 2 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...RICHEY REQUESTED BY...ROBIN ACCIARDO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110106.LAURE.01/JKL