FNUS73 KPAH 241503 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR CARMACK LADY BLOCKS...KYLBF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1003 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0850 CDT ON MARCH 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY...CLOUDINESS WILL BE THE RULE TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY TODAY DUE TO NORTHERLY WINDS AND EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER. IN FACT... TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT THIRTY DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. THESE LOWER TEMPERATURES WILL YIELD MUCH HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TODAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL TAKE AIM ON OUR REGION AS EARLY AS FRIDAY...WHICH WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE QUAD STATE AREA. THESE RAIN CHANCES...ALONG WITH POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A RAIN...SNOW MIX LATE SATURDAY NIGHT IN AREAS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 64...OTHERWISE ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........42 AT IGNITION...MAX 45. RH..................67 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 57 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHWEST AT 9 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 3. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-5900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 18 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 12 TO 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............42 42 43 43 44 44 44 44 44 44 43 RH..............67 67 65 65 60 60 60 60 57 57 60 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 20 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.7 5.5 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.25 22 22 18 18 16 15 14 14 12 12 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 31. RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-4000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FROST FROST FROST FROST FROST FROST TEMP............43 40 38 37 35 34 RH..............60 64 70 70 75 78 20 FT WIND......N 5 N 4 N 3 NE 3 NE 3 NE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....4000 3400 3100 3100 2700 2400 TRANSPORT WIND..N 10 N 7 NE 6 NE 5 E 7 E 8 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50. RH..................MIN 50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................38 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-3200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 3 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............33 40 47 49 RH..............82 67 53 50 20 FT WIND......E 3G5 E 3G10 SE 3G10 E 5G10 MIX HGT (FT)....2400 3200 1500 1500 TRANSPORT WIND..E 9 SE 7 SW 2 S 3 CWR.............40 40 40 40 HAINES INDEX....4 4 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...MEFFERT REQUESTED BY...BARBARA WYSOCK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110324.CARMA.01/PAH