FNUS73 KJKL 152117 FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKORY KNOB...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 517 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1641 EDT ON APRIL 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...ANOTHER DRY NIGHT IS IN STORE. WINDS WILL DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AND LOSE THEIR GUSTINESS...BUT A SOUTH BREEZE IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO STIR DURING THE NIGHT. WINDS WILL INCREASE AGAIN BY MID DAY ON MONDAY...SIMILAR TO SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THE AFTERNOON WILL TURN OUT DIFFERENTLY...AS A COLD FRONT PASSES AND BRINGS A LIKELIHOOD OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE VARIABLE...DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF THUNDERSTORMS. AVERAGE AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND BRING FAIR WEATHER UNTIL AT LEAST LATE IN THE WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. MIN TEMPERATURE.....58-63. MAX HUMIDITY........82-92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH 5-10 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 10-15 MPH. POP.................5 PERCENT. LAL.................1. HAINES INDEX........2 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 (%).........12 10 7 4 11 20 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............76 72 69 67 64 61 RH..............47 56 62 68 78 87 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 8 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 2 2 2 .MONDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY EARLY...THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY... MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 10-15 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 25 MPH. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 10-20 MPH. POP.................70 PERCENT. LAL.................1 UNTIL 1100...THEN 2 UNTIL 1200...THEN 3 UNTIL 1300...THEN 4 UNTIL 1600...THEN 5 UNTIL 1700...THEN 4 UNTIL 1900...THEN 3. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 25 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....129. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........27 41 55 91 100 87 WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............63 67 73 77 70 70 RH..............79 71 60 52 70 68 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 13 SW 15 SW 14 SW 10 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 20 15 10 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...HAL REQUESTED BY...DISPATCH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120415.HICKO.01/JKL