FNUS73 KPAH 311721 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG HOLLOW RX...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1221 PM CDT MON OCT 31 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON NOVEMBER 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE IN CONTROL TODAY WITH DRY WEATHER. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TODAY WILL AGAIN FALL INTO THE 25 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE IN SOME AREAS...BUT LESS WIND IS EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL TODAY...BUT RISE INTO THE UPPER 60S TO NEAR 70 TOMORROW AND WEDNESDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WITH A COLD FRONT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. DRY WEATHER RETURNS FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........60 AT IGNITION...MAX 67. RH..................42 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 8 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 6. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2200 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2200-3700 FT AGL IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN DECREASING TO 1300 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 25 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............60 63 65 65 66 64 60 RH..............42 39 37 38 38 40 45 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 7 7 7 7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.2 3.1 3.6 3.7 3.5 2.5 1.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.21 18 18 18 20 22 25 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 6 6 6 5 .TUESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 43. RH..................MAX 75 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 5 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 28 TO 33 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............56 54 52 50 49 48 48 47 47 46 45 45 RH..............52 58 59 62 65 65 66 68 69 71 72 74 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.28 29 30 31 32 33 33 33 32 31 31 30 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...YORK REQUESTED BY...KEITH P KELLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111101.BIGHO.01/PAH