FNUS74 KLZK 181239 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 739 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON MAY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA TODAY. HOWEVER...A WEAK BOUNDARY WILL MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH EASTERN ARKANSAS CREATING A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING. AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS ANY PART OF THE STATE...WHICH COULD THEN GENERATE SOME WIND SHIFTS ANYWHERE IN VICINITY OF THIS ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...THE DOMINANT WIND EXPECTED WILL BE FROM THE SOUTH...GENERALLY LESS THAN 10 MPH AT 20 FT. SATURDAY WILL BE DRY ACROSS THE AREA. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS SUNDAY...ENTER ARKANSAS SUNDAY NIGHT AND EXIT THE STATE MONDAY. SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY AS A RESULT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........82 AT IGNITION...MAX 87. RH..................47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 38 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 7100 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....1. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............82 83 83 83 83 RH..............47 44 43 38 39 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 7 7 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 4 4 4 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.15 16 17 18 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 63. RH..................MAX 77 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 18 TO 23 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4900 FT MSL. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............82 80 76 73 71 69 70 68 67 67 66 66 RH..............40 44 50 56 60 63 66 69 72 74 76 76 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 5 3 2 2 2 7 7 6 6 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 4 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 4 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S SE SE SE S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 2 EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 2 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.21 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 22 21 20 18 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .SATURDAY... 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 6 7 9 10 12 12 10 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 5 7 7 9 11 14 14 11 11 9 $$ FORECASTER...62 REQUESTED BY...TIM NUTLEY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120518.BUFFA.01/LZK