FNUS73 KPAH 281716
FWSPAH

SPOT FORECAST FOR BRIDGES 3...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1216 PM CDT MON MAR 28 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1400 CDT ON MARCH 28.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
THIN SCATTERED TO BROKEN CIRRUS /HIGH LEVEL/ CLOUDS WILL BE THE DOMINANT
CLOUD COVER AT IGNITION TIME AND THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
DESPITE THE CLOUD COVER...TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE INTO THE MIDDLE 50S
THIS AFTERNOON...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 28-33 PERCENT
RANGE.

THE WINDS WILL STILL REMAIN UPSLOPE GIVEN THE NORTHEAST ORIENTATION OF THE
WIND FLOW AND THE PRESCRIBED BURN AREA. ANY GUSTS THAT OCCUR AROUND THE
NOON HOUR SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER 2 PM CDT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY AROUND NOON(20-30 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY
                    SUNNY BY LATE AFTERNOON (50-60 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........53 AT IGNITION...MAX 55.
RH..................34 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS NORTHEAST AT 6 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS 6 TO 7 MPH.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL AT IGNITION...MAX 4400-4700 FT AGL
                    THIS AFTERNOON
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 9 TO 18 MPH.

TIME (CDT)      2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........PC  PC  PC  MC  MC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............53  53  55  54  53
RH..............34  33  33  34  37
20 FT WIND DIR..NE  E   E   E   E
20 FT WIND SPD..5   5   5   5   5
20 FT WIND GUST.                10
MIX HGT (KFT)...4.4 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.7
TRANSP WIND DIR.NE  E   E   E   E
TRANSP WIND SPD.9   9   10  10  12
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0
HAINES INDEX....3   3   3   3   4

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FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...TIM PERREN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110328.BRIDG.01/PAH