FNUS73 KPAH 181414 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR GLASS LIZAED FEN...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 914 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER IS IN STORE FOR THE QUAD STATE REGION AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. ALONG WITH THE WARM WEATHER WILL COME A SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PRESSES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL MAINLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING AS THIS FRONT MEANDERS ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND INCREASE SOMEWHAT AS THE FRONT SLIDES SOUTH OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THERE IS STILL SOME QUESTION AS TO THE DEGREE OF CLOUDINESS TODAY...BUT CLOUDS SHOULD BE INCREASING THROUGHOUT THE DAY. HIGHS IN THE 70S STILL LOOK LIKELY WITH LOWEST RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS IN THE LOWER 40S. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 75. RH..................63 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 45 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000-2500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...INCREASING TO 3000-4000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 4 TO 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND INCREASING. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC CDY CDY CDY CDY MC WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............67 69 71 73 74 74 73 71 RH..............65 61 56 51 49 48 47 51 20 FT WIND DIR..S S NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST. 10 10 10 12 $$ FORECASTER...WFO PADUCAH REQUESTED BY...STEVE PAES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110318.GLASS.01/PAH