FNUS74 KLZK 261151 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR 17 SITE PREP -15...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 651 AM CDT MON SEP 26 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA TODAY AND BRING COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER TO THE REGION. RH VALUES WILL LOWER INTO THE 30 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. ON TUESDAY THE STALLED FRONT SOUTH OF ARKANSAS WILL DRIFT NORTH AND AGAIN BRING A LOW CHANCE OF RAIN TO MAINLY SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE. THE FRONT WILL MEANDER AROUND THE REGION THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH SMALL RAIN CHANCES CONTINUING...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH ARKANSAS LATE THURSDAY TO FRIDAY MORNING BUT ONLY SOME CLOUDS AND A WIND SHIFT IS EXPECTED. THEN DRY WEATHER AND COOLER FOR THE WEEKEND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 77. RH..................39 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 32 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT NW WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST 3 TO 6 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4000 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11AM 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV.....NONE. WEATHER TYPE....NONE. TEMP............69 71 74 75 76 76 75 RH..............42 39 34 33 32 32 35 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE N N N N NE 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.NE NE N N N N NE EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 3 3 2 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW W TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 54. RH..................MAX 74 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC WEATHER COV.....NONE. WEATHER TYPE....NONE. TEMP............73 69 66 64 62 61 60 59 59 58 58 58 RH..............38 44 50 54 58 61 64 67 68 70 71 71 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE N N 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E NE NE NE NE NE N N EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW S S TRANSP WIND SPD.5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 84. RH..................MIN 31 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST 1 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5500 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV.....NONE. WEATHER TYPE....NONE. TEMP............57 57 60 64 69 73 77 79 81 82 82 81 RH..............72 74 69 61 53 46 40 36 34 32 31 33 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 2 2 2 3 5 6 7 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 0 0 0 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N NW W W W NW NW NW NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.2 2 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 5 5 4 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW W W W W W NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...M TREXLER REQUESTED BY...BEN ROWLAND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110926.17SIT.01/LZK