FNUS74 KLZK 181338 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR WALKER MTN B-4B...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 738 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON FEBRUARY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE BELOW 1000 FT THIS MORNING RISING TO AROUND 2500 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. LESS THAN 50% CHANCE IT COULD GO TO OVER 3000 FT IN THE AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTH ARKANSAS LATER THIS MORNING...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS POSSIBLE. THE FRONT IS FORECAST TO DROP INTO CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE TONIGHT AND EVENTUALLY STALL OUT. THE BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO EVENTUALLY LIFT BACK NORTHWARD LATER THIS WEEKEND AS LOW PRESSURE FORMS OVER THE PLAINS STATES. A NEW COLD FRONT WILL AFFECT THE MID SOUTH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........67 AT IGNITION...MAX 70. RH..................70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 61 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT SOUTH WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500 FT BECOMING 2500 FT MSL IN THE AFTERNOON. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............67 68 69 69 69 68 RH..............70 66 64 61 62 63 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 3 3 3 MIX HGT (KFT)...1500 FT MORNING BECOMING 2500 FT AFTERNOON. TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.12 10 10 9 7 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 53. RH..................MAX 89 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT NORTH TO EAST WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........EAST 2 TO 8 MPH. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 62 60 59 57 56 RH..............67 74 78 81 85 86 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 S 5 S 5 SE 3 SE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S SE SE EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 3 3 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 3 3 3 TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE SE SE E E TRANSP WIND SPD.2 6 8 7 7 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...M TREXLER REQUESTED BY...TIM NUTLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110218.WALKE.01/LZK