FNUS74 KLZK 281112 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR SAND GAP...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 612 AM CDT WED MAR 28 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MARCH 28. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE UPPER 30TH PERCENTILE THIS AFTERNOON...AND RECOVER INTO THE 70TH PERCENTILE TONIGHT. A WEAK FRONT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN MISSOURI TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS AN ISOLATED CHANCE OF A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED AND NOT LAST FOR VERY LONG. ALSO...THERE MAY BE A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN KANSAS THIS EVENING...AND MAY BRUSH NORTHERN ARKANSAS OVERNIGHT...BUT CHANCES FOR WETTING RAINFALL REMAIN LOW. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........68 AT IGNITION...MAX 78. RH..................64 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 41 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 6000 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....2. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... ISO ISO WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TEMP............68 71 74 75 76 77 77 77 RH..............64 58 53 49 46 43 42 43 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.4 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 13 13 12 12 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 59. RH..................MAX 70 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3600 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....5. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............76 72 68 66 64 63 RH..............43 50 56 60 64 67 20 FT WIND......SW 6 S 5 S 3 S 2 S 2 S 2 20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 4 4 4 2 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 2 1 1 1 EYE LVL WND GST.4 3 2 2 2 1 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.10 10 10 10 10 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 79. RH..................MIN 45 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5800 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....2. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 63 68 73 76 78 RH..............69 68 58 51 47 45 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 2 S 5 S 7 S 7 S 7 20 FT WIND GUST.2 4 5 7 7 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 3 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.1 2 3 4 4 4 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.9 9 10 10 12 13 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...58 REQUESTED BY...MARK MORALES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120328.SANDG.01/LZK