FNUS74 KLZK 181606 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR MENA WILDFIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 1104 AM CDT THU AUG 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1051 CDT ON AUGUST 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THE COMBINATION OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY IN THE UPPER NORTHWEST FLOW AND A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER ARKANSAS...WILL HELP DEVELOP ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ON FRIDAY THE CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE MORE OVER THE NORTHEAST TO EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE. OVER THE WEEKEND...THE CHANCE OF RAIN REMAINS IN THE FORECAST ACROSS THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE 90S IN MANY LOCATIONS TODAY AND INTO THE WEEKEND...AND HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH AROUND 100 DEGREES IN SPOTS IN THE AFTERNOON. ON SUNDAY ANOTHER FRONT IS EXPECTED TO REACH ARKANSAS AND INCREASE THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........83 AT REQUEST...MAX 95. RH..................60 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 39 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST 3 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 6800 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 1 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............83 87 90 94 95 94 94 RH..............60 52 46 40 39 40 41 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W NW NW N NE E 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 0 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW W NW NW N NE E EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 3 3 3 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 0 3 3 3 MIX HGT (KFT)...6800 FT MSL TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW W W TRANSP WIND SPD.3 5 6 7 8 8 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 75. RH..................MAX 72 PERCENT. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 6 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV.....SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TEMP............92 90 86 83 81 82 81 80 79 79 78 78 RH..............43 49 56 62 67 60 63 66 67 69 70 70 20 FT WIND DIR..E SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S SE SE SE SE S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.6 3 3 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 .FRIDAY... 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 101. RH..................MIN 28 PERCENT. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............78 78 81 85 89 93 95 98 99 99 100 99 RH..............71 72 65 58 51 43 37 32 31 29 28 29 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 5 5 6 7 8 8 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 8 8 9 10 12 12 12 12 10 9 $$ FORECASTER...L PYLE REQUESTED BY...RANDY NICHOLS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110818.MENAW.01/LZK