FNUS74 KLZK 130959 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR CENTER POINT...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 459 AM CDT WED APR 13 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0117 CDT ON APRIL 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY AND SUNNY CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS TO THE EAST OF ARKANSAS...WITH WEAK LOW PRESSURE TO THE WEST. WINDS AT THE BURN SITE SHOULD BECOME LIGHT UPSLOPE SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...THEN GRADUALLY INCREASE TO SOUTH AT 5 TO 7 MPH BY MIDDAY. AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE MID TO UPPER 40 PERCENT RANGE TODAY THANKS TO AN INCREASE IN MOIST SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW. GOOD RH RECOVERIES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AS WINDS GO CALM AGAIN MOST EVERYWHERE. ON THURSDAY A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. CONTINUING SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL ONCE AGAIN ADD TO THE LOW LEVEL RH...KEEPING FIRE DANGER CONCERNS IN CHECK. HOWEVER...WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL BE A LITTLE STRONGER AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENTS INCREASE ACROSS THE STATE. THUS...FIRE DANGER CONCERNS WILL BE A LITTLE HIGHER THURSDAY. ON THURSDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW CENTER OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL ENTER THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. THIS WILL GRADUALLY PUSH ACROSS THE STATE THURSDAY NIGHT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 74. RH..................MIN 34 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT UPSLOPE WINDS AFTER SUNRISE...BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH BY 12 NOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 7 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 6400 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....1. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT UPSLOPE WINDS AFTER SUNRIS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH BY 12 NOON. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............47 49 53 57 60 64 67 69 70 72 72 72 RH..............77 70 62 54 48 43 40 37 35 34 34 35 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..1 2 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.9 7 8 9 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 50. RH..................MAX 78 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 10 MPH. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............71 66 61 59 56 54 RH..............37 44 53 58 65 70 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 7 S 6 SE 6 SE 5 SE 5 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S SE SE SE EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 3 3 3 3 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 68. RH..................MIN 56 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST 10 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO SOUTH AROUND 30 MPH. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............52 57 63 67 RH..............77 69 58 56 20 FT WIND......SE 5 SE 6 SE 7G10 SE 9G10 EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE SE EYE LVL WND SPD.3 4 4 5 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 5 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.10 16 25 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...C DALTON REQUESTED BY...FENN WIMBERLY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110413.CENTE.01/LZK