FNUS73 KJKL 022132 FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR LEWIS HOLLOW A...NPS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 532 PM EDT MON APR 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON APRIL 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE BOUNDARY THAT PASSED THROUGH THE REGION AROUND MIDDAY TO EARLY AFTERNOON WILL STALL TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE BURN AREA TONIGHT... BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTHEAST AS A WARM FRONT LATER TONIGHT AND INTO THE DAY ON TUESDAY. THIS WARM FRONT SHOULD CROSS THE AREA AROUND MIDDAY. ONCE THE WARM FRONT PASSES MIXING HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE. HOWEVER...A LOW LEVEL INVERSION SHOULD LIMIT MIXING HEIGHTS AT THE IGNITION TIME... THOUGH THEY SHOULD IMPROVE SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM ON TUESDAY WITH THE BOUNDARY IN THE VICINITY. UNSETTLED AND ACTIVE WEATHER LOOKS TO PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR...THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY LATE. PATCHY FOG POSSIBLE LATE. MIN TEMPERATURE.....57. MAX HUMIDITY........NEAR 100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. SURROUNDING RIDGE...EAST AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AROUND 0000...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 0400. RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST AROUND 5 MPH...BECOMING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AROUND 0000...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 0400. POP.................10 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........36 23 20 21 47 53 WEATHER COV..... PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE FOG FOG FOG FOG TEMP............74 70 67 64 61 59 RH..............55 76 92 96 100 100 20 FT WIND......NE 2 E 3 E 2 E 2 SE 2 SE 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........65 AT IGNITION...MAX 82. HUMIDITY............77 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 1 TO 3 MPH AT IGNITION... BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 2 TO 5 MPH AROUND 1200... THEN BECOMING WEST AT 3 TO 6 MPH AROUND 1400. SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 6 MPH AT IGNITION... BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 4 TO 7 MPH AROUND 1200... THEN BECOMING WEST AT 5 TO 8 MPH AROUND 1400. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 3 TO 6 MPH AT IGNITION... BECOMING SOUTHWEST AT 4 TO 7 MPH AROUND 1200... THEN BECOMING WEST AT 5 TO 8 MPH AROUND 1400. POP.................20 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1200...THEN 2. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......500 FT AGL AT IGNITION...3000 AROUND NOON... OTHERWISE 6500 FT AGL MAX. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 7 MPH AROUND NOON...THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 7 MPH AROUND 1400. DISPERSION INDEX....2 AT IGNITION...18 AROUND NOON...46 MAX. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........46 33 32 42 44 45 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............59 65 73 78 81 81 RH..............89 77 65 51 49 49 20 FT WIND......S 1 SSW 2 SW 4 W 4 W 5 W 3 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 8 9 9 7 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 4 4 4 $$ FORECASTER...PELTON REQUESTED BY...BURN BOSS SHANE STURGILL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120403.LEWIS.01/JKL