FNUS74 KLZK 150725 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR W87C FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 224 AM CDT THU SEP 15 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0028 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT IS CURRENTLY IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE BEHIND THIS FRONT AS NORTH AND NORTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...AND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY. MIN RH VALUES WILL ALSO DIP DOWN TO THE 40 PERCENT RANGE...WITH SOME SPOTS POSSIBLY SEEING 35 PERCENT IN THE NORTH DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HRS THU. AS A RESULT OF THESE BREEZY CONDITIONS AND DRY AIR...THE WILDFIRE DANGER WILL BE ELEVATED FOR THU INTO PORTIONS OF FRI. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE LIMITED THU INTO FRI AS A RESULT OF THIS DRIER AIR...BUT WILL INCREASE OVER THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK AS WINDS TURN BACK TO THE SOUTH. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 60. RH..................MAX 73 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHEAST 24 TO 26 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 900 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CDT) 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............67 66 65 60 RH..............65 65 65 73 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..9 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 5 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.26 25 25 24 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 73. RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHEAST 15 TO 23 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3300 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 8 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............60 60 61 63 66 68 69 70 71 71 71 70 RH..............71 68 64 59 54 51 47 45 44 43 42 44 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 EYE LVL WND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 MIX HGT (KFT)...3300 FT MSL TRANSP WIND DIR.NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE TRANSP WIND SPD.23 22 22 21 21 18 17 15 15 15 16 16 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...L PYLE REQUESTED BY...RANDY NICHOLS TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110915.W87CF.01/LZK