FNUS74 KLZK 161350 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR CHRISTOPHER MOUNTAIN...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 850 AM CDT FRI SEP 16 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0841 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. DRY AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS WILL KEEP AMOUNTS LIGHT. MUCH OF THE RAIN IS NOT MAKING IT TO THE GROUND. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BRING BETTER CHANCES HOWEVER. SEVERAL FRONTS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK KEEPING RAIN CHANCES IN THE FORECAST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURE.........59 AT REQUEST...MAX 71. RH..................77 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MIN 50 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......60 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3600 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 2 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS AROUND 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............59 61 63 65 68 69 70 71 71 70 RH..............77 72 67 63 59 51 50 50 52 54 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 10 10 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.14 13 13 12 12 10 10 9 8 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54. RH..................MAX 87 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......N/A STABILITY CLASS.....5. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....LKY SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............70 67 64 62 60 59 58 58 57 56 56 56 RH..............54 59 68 73 76 78 80 81 82 83 84 83 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE EYE LVL WND SPD.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.8 8 8 9 10 12 13 13 14 14 13 13 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .SATURDAY... TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82. RH..................MIN 40 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 15 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............55 54 55 60 65 70 74 77 79 81 82 81 RH..............86 87 86 73 61 53 48 44 42 40 40 41 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NE NE E E SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 13 14 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...62 REQUESTED BY...BEN ROWLAND TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110916.CHRIS.01/LZK