FNUS73 KJKL 281805 FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR HECTOR FIVE...USDA - DANIEL BOONE NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 205 PM EDT WED MAR 28 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1348 EDT ON MARCH 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SOUTH ACROSS KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON...PRODUCING SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS WITH WIND GUST UP TO 30 MPH POSSIBLE. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL END BY AROUND 8 PM THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT EXITS INTO VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA BEHIND THE FRONT BRINGING WITH IT A QUIETER STRETCH OF WEATHER. A WARM FRONT MAY BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND PERHAPS THUNDERSTORMS BACK INTO EASTERN KENTUCKY BY FRIDAY. THE UNSEASONABLY MILD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EARLY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........44 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUST TO 30 MPH. SURROUNDING RIDGE...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 20 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 15 MPH IN THE EARLY EVENING. POP.................90 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1600...THEN 3 UNTIL 1800...THEN 5. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........11 46 82 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............76 76 74 RH..............45 47 50 20 FT WIND......W 15 W 14 W 10 20 FT WIND GUST.30 28 25 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY...THEN A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER LATE AT NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH EARLY BECOMING LIGHT. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH 5 TO 10 MPH. POP.................50 PERCENT. LAL.................3 UNTIL 0100...THEN 2 UNTIL 0200...THEN 1. 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. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........59 62 56 42 34 29 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR NONE NONE TEMP............65 65 63 61 57 54 RH..............66 71 73 72 74 75 20 FT WIND......W 8 W 7 W 6 NW 5 N 3 N 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 3 3 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EVENING. SURROUNDING RIDGE...NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......NORTH AROUND 5 MPH. POP.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........5 OR MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........23 23 22 20 21 23 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............51 56 61 65 67 66 RH..............75 63 51 41 35 35 20 FT WIND......N 3 N 5 N 5 NW 6 NW 6 N 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...JACOBSON REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120328.HECTO.01/JKL