FNUS74 KLZK 111240 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR NORTH BLUFF...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 640 AM CST FRI MAR 11 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON MARCH 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF ARKANSAS LATER TODAY...ALLOWING SOUTH WINDS TO INCREASE STATEWIDE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY. A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP SLOWLY SOUTHWARD INTO NORTH ARKANSAS SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE STALLING OUT. SEVERAL WEAK IMPULSES WILL TRACK EASTWARD ALONG THE FRONT SUNDAY AND MONDAY...RESULTING IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS STATEWIDE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 68. RH..................34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 24 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 18 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4700 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....2. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............55 59 62 65 67 66 65 RH..............34 29 26 25 24 25 27 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.10 12 14 15 17 18 18 .TONIGHT... TEMPERATURE.........MIN 42. RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM TEMP............62 56 53 50 48 46 RH..............30 39 47 54 60 64 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 2 1 1 1 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 3 3 3 3 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 70. RH..................MIN 43 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 14 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 16 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5000 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....2. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............44 53 63 68 RH..............72 59 47 43 20 FT WIND......SW 2G5 S 2G5 S 2G5 S 3G5 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 2 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 3 MIX HGT (FT).... TRANSP WIND DIR.S SW SW S TRANSP WIND SPD.5 12 12 13 $$ FORECASTER...44 REQUESTED BY...TODD HOOPES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110311.NORTH.01/LZK