FNUS73 KJKL 280020 AAA FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR HARLAN A...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 820 PM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...DRY IN THE MORNING...THEN AN INCREASING THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A COLD FRONT WILL ENTER INTO THE BLUEGRASS THIS EVENING AND THEN MOVE INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY ON WEDNESDAY BRINGING OUR CURRENTLY VERY DRY HUMIDITIES INTO THE 70 PERCENT RANGE BY DAWN. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FRONT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 70S. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR THIS EVENING THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........72 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 4 TO 7 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. POP.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM 7 AM SKY (%).........8 8 6 12 29 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............64 61 59 57 56 55 RH..............30 43 50 55 61 68 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 S 5 S 5 S 6 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MIN HUMIDITY........50-55 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO WEST 20 TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. POP.................60 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1000...THEN 2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1700...THEN 4 UNTIL 1900...THEN 3. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......8300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 25 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....232. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........57 65 69 74 79 81 WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............55 59 63 66 68 67 RH..............72 68 62 59 58 60 20 FT WIND......S 6 SW 9 SW 14 W 15 W 15 W 14 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 25 25 25 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...GREIF REQUESTED BY...SHANE STURGILL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120326.HARLA.01/JKL