FNUS73 KPAH 241233 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR TACOMA...USFWS CRAB ORCHARD NWR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 733 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 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 EARLY TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION. NO RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TODAY ALTHOUGH THERE COULD BE SOME DRIZZLE FROM TIME TO TIME THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON...WE SHOULD SEE AN IMPROVEMENT IN SKY COVER...WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES BY TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL BE ABOUT THIRTY DEGREES COOLER THAN YESTERDAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 40S. THESE LOWER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH DRIER AIR WILL YIELD MUCH HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR TODAY. WINDS SHOULD ALSO BE MUCH LIGHTER COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. CLEAR SKIES ALONG WITH LIGHT WINDS...WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK TONIGHT...WHICH COULD LEAD TO SOME PATCHY FROST IN SOME PLACES. 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.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........41 AT IGNITION...MAX 45. RH..................68 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTH/NORTHWEST AT 11 TO 13 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING MORE NORTHERLY BY AFTERNOON AT 8 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.......3700 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3500-4000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTH 20 TO 29 MPH DECREASING TO 12 TO 18 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 42 43 43 44 44 44 44 43 RH..............68 64 62 60 59 57 56 56 57 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..12 11 10 9 8 8 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.7 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N N N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.22 20 18 17 16 16 15 14 12 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). PATCHY FROST. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 32. RH..................MAX 82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 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.......2500-3600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-1300 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 8 TO 14 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FROST FROST FROST FROST FROST FROST TEMP............42 39 37 35 34 33 RH..............60 67 71 74 77 80 20 FT WIND......N 4 NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 NE 3 NE 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3000 1300 BLW100 300 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..N 10 NE 9 NE 9 E 9 E 8 E 10 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 46. RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST 5 TO 6 MPH. CWR.................36 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 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.......300-2200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1900-2500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............33 38 44 46 RH..............82 68 59 58 20 FT WIND......E 3G5 E 5 SE 5G10 E 5G10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1900 2400 2400 TRANSPORT WIND..E 15 SE 7 E 14 SE 14 CWR.............40 40 40 40 HAINES INDEX....4 4 2 2 $$ FORECASTER...WFO PADUCAH REQUESTED BY...RAY PARRISH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110324.TACOM.01/PAH