FNUS74 KLZK 231115 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR BUFFALO...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 615 AM CDT WED MAY 23 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MAY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS ARKANSAS TODAY. THE MAIN SURFACE HIGH HAS SHIFTED EAST OF ARKANSAS SO SOUTH WINDS WILL RETURN TODAY. WINDS MAY GUST TO AROUND 15 MPH NEAR RIDGE TOPS SOUTH OF THE BURN SITE...BUT WINDS CLOSER TO THE VALLEY WILL PROBABLY NOT EXCEED 10 MPH. AFTERNOON RH LEVELS SHOULD BE A LITTLE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY AS AXIS OF HIGHER DEWPOINTS WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE WESTERN PARTS OF ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER AFTERNOON RH VALUES WILL STILL DROP TO AROUND 40 PERCENT...POSSIBLY A LITTLE LOWER. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........76 AT IGNITION...MAX 89. RH..................50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 8 TO 17 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 6400 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....1. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............76 80 85 86 87 88 87 RH..............50 45 41 40 40 40 41 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..9 10 12 12 12 12 12 20 FT WIND GUST.11 14 14 14 14 14 14 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.5 6 7 7 7 7 7 EYE LVL WND GST.6 8 8 8 8 8 8 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.16 17 18 18 20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 64. RH..................MAX 75 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3400 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....5. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE EVENING. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............86 84 81 77 75 73 72 71 69 69 68 67 RH..............44 47 53 59 63 66 68 71 73 74 75 75 20 FT WIND DIR..S SE S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..12 12 12 12 12 10 10 9 9 8 8 8 20 FT WIND GUST.14 14 14 14 14 14 11 11 11 11 11 11 EYE LVL WND DIR.S SE S S S S S S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.7 7 7 7 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND GST.8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.S SE S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.20 20 18 18 17 16 16 15 14 14 14 14 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .THURSDAY... 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 16 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. 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..9 9 12 13 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 20 FT WIND GUST.11 11 14 18 18 21 21 21 21 21 21 18 $$ FORECASTER...C DALTON REQUESTED BY...R L SELF TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120523.BUFFA.01/LZK