FNUS73 KPAH 051358 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR PINEY CAMPGROUND...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 758 AM CST THU JAN 5 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CST ON JANUARY 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ..BELOW 1700 FEET MIXING HEIGHT WITH VERY LIGHT TRANSPORT WINDS... ...OVERALL VERY POOR DISPERSION RATES... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST OF THE AREA TODAY...RESULTING IN VERY LOW MIXING HEIGHTS FOR THE HEARTLAND. MOST AREAS WILL NOT MIX ABOVE 1700 FEET TODAY. THEREFORE SMOKE MITIGATION WILL BE HINDERED A GREAT DEAL. WINDS WILL TURN SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON CAUSING AREAS NORTHEAST OF ANY FIRES TO POSSIBLY BECOME SMOKED IN. ALTHOUGH MIXING HEIGHTS WILL IMPROVE SLIGHTLY FRIDAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND THE 1700 TO 2000 FEET LEVEL IN THE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........45 AT IGNITION...MAX 55. RH..................65 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 7 TO 9 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 45 49 51 53 53 52 49 RH..............65 58 50 46 43 43 44 50 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 6 7 7 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.8 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... TEMPERATURE.........MIN 36. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM TEMP............47 44 42 41 40 39 RH..............53 60 65 67 70 76 $$ FORECASTER...HOOPER REQUESTED BY...KYLE VAREL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120105.PINEY.01/PAH