FNUS74 KLZK 201339 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO BLOCK 1A 1B...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 739 AM CST FRI JAN 20 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CST ON JANUARY 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLOUDY SKIES AND GENERALLY DREARY WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE ACROSS ARKANSAS TODAY WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME PATCHY FRIZZLE AND A FEW SHOWERS. THE AIRMASS REMAINS CAPPED AT THIS TIME WITH VERY LITTLE VERTICAL MIXING EXPECTED. NUMEROUS COMPUTER MODELS AND APPLICATIONS CONTINUE TO SHOW MIXING HEIGHTS WELL BELOW WHAT YOU REQUESTED IN YOUR SPOT REQUEST. AFTER A DRY SATURDAY...ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL BRING SLIGHT RAIN CHANCES BACK FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT. YET ANOTHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT ARKANSAS IN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). AREAS OF DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........55 AT IGNITION...MAX 62. RH..................69 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 57 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 14 TO 21 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 2000 FT MSL. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............55 57 59 60 60 59 57 RH..............69 62 59 58 62 70 82 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW W W W NW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 6 6 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S SW W W W NW EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 3 2 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 5 3 3 3 3 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 21 20 17 15 14 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... TEMPERATURE.........MIN 38. RH..................MAX 91 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 1300 FT MSL. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM TEMP............54 52 50 49 48 46 46 44 44 43 41 40 RH..............82 85 88 88 88 89 88 89 88 87 91 88 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 EYE LVL WND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.3 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (KFT)... CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...J GOUDSWARD REQUESTED BY...TIM NUTLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120120.BUFFA.01/LZK