FNUS73 KPAH 071436 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE 26 PRESCRIBED BURN...DOD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 836 AM CST MON NOV 7 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON NOVEMBER 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WAS PERCHED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE REGION AND WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST PERIPHERY OF THE AREA TODAY. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL ROTATE THROUGH THE HEARTLAND AND RAPIDLY EJECT THE COLD FRONT THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT...EXITING WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN TO THE AREA IN THE STORMS WAKE...RESULTING IN MUCH COOLER AND DRIER AIR FOR THE HEARTLAND. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 71. RH..................60 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......900-2600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 1700-3300 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 16 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............65 67 69 70 70 68 65 RH..............60 56 53 51 51 54 60 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SE 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 5 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.0 3.3 3.3 3.3 2.8 2.3 1.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.0 16 16 16 16 16 16 $$ FORECASTER...WFO PADUCAH REQUESTED BY...GENE ZIRKLE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20111107.RANGE.01/PAH