FNUS73 KJKL 290314 FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR LOWER ADKINSTOWN...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1014 PM EST TUE FEB 28 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2148 EST ON FEBRUARY 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AN APPROACHING SYSTEM OF FRONTS WILL BRING INCREASING WIND AND CLOUDS TONIGHT...TENDING TO KEEP THE AIR BETTER MIXED LATE TONIGHT THAN ON RECENT NIGHTS. EVEN SO...THE DEEPER VALLEYS WILL STILL HAVE TIME TO SEE TEMPERATURES FALL OFF THIS EVENING. THIS WILL RESULT IN TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY DIFFERENCES FROM RIDGES TO THE DEEPER VALLEYS...BUT THE DIFFERENCES WILL BE MORE GEOGRAPHICALLY RESTRICTED THAN ON MANY NIGHTS. SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH AN INITIAL WARM FRONT WILL ARRIVE TOWARD DAWN. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY...WITH THE POSSIBILITY PERSISTING UNTIL A COLD FRONT PASSES ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. SOME OF THE STORMS ON WEDNESDAY MAY CONTAIN HIGH WINDS. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR THURSDAY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. MUCH DRIER AIR WILL ARRIVE...BUT ONLY A LIMITED DROP IN TEMPERATURES SHOULD OCCUR...WHICH WOULD RESULT IN LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS LATE AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AROUND DAWN. MIN TEMPERATURE.....53 AT REQUEST...MIN 48. MAX HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 6 MPH TOWARDS DAWN. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. POP.................90 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 0200...THEN 2. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT REQUEST...MAX 3. TIME (EST) 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........53 87 98 98 96 WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............53 53 53 55 56 RH..............61 69 78 83 86 20 FT WIND......S 3 SE 3 SE 3 S 3 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 10 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. RAIN SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 71. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 7 TO 14 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. POP.................90 PERCENT. LAL.................3. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....55. TIME (EST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........96 86 83 83 95 93 WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE LIKELY CHANCE LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............57 64 69 70 69 67 RH..............87 69 61 61 66 69 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 9 SW 12 SW 14 SW 14 SW 12 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 25 25 20 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...BECKER REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120228.LOWER.01/JKL