FNUS73 KPAH 241818 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR CARMACK LADY BLOCKS...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 118 PM CDT THU MAR 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1330 CDT ON MARCH 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDINESS WILL BE THE RULE TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...WITH POSSIBLY A FEW SUNNY POCKETS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL REMAIN NEARLY STEADY DUE TO NORTHERLY WINDS AND EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER. IN FACT...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOUT THIRTY DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY. 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.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 48. RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 42 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH-NORTHWEST 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) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........CDY MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............46 47 47 46 45 43 RH..............50 46 46 46 48 54 20 FT WIND DIR..NNW NNW N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..8 7 7 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.14 13 13 13 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.2 5.0 4.8 4.5 4.3 4.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.16 15 14 14 12 12 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....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. MIXING HEIGHT.......2400-4000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....BECOMING 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 3 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400-3200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 2 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...REGINA ROBY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110324.CARMA.02/PAH