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SPOT FORECAST FOR GOOSE FIELDS...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1025 AM EST SAT FEB 25 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EST ON FEBRUARY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A STOUT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN A DEPARTING AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE AND HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SRN PLAINS WILL RESULT IN
ANOTHER BREEZY DAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH AND
GUSTS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE SLACKENING BY
THIS EVENING. A WEAKENING MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE
COMMONWEALTH TODAY WILL KEEP THE THREAT OF ISOLATED LIGHT SNOW
SHOWERS AND FLURRIES IN THE FORECAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...BRINGING DRIER...
SUNNIER AND QUIETER WEATHER THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND
INTO THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH NEAR 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH NEAR 5 MPH INCREASING TO 5 TO 10 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.
POP.................0 PERCENT.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 8 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....35.

TIME (EST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........5      3      2      2      3      4
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............25     33     42     48     53     52
RH..............72     58     42     32     30     32
20 FT WIND......SE 2   S 3    S 6    S 6    S 7    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     10     10     10
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

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FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...MATT ELLIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120226.GOOSE.01/JKL