FNUS74 KLZK 220042 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR RICHLAND WILDERNESS...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 742 PM CDT SAT JUL 21 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1926 CDT ON JULY 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MULTIPLE MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES ARE PRESENT ACROSS THE STATE THIS EVENING FROM STORMS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. AS A RESULT...SOME MINOR WIND SHIFTS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND AROUND THOSE BOUNDARIES. HOWEVER...NO NEW BOUNDARIES ARE EXPECTED WITH CLOSEST STORMS TO THE SOUTH. FOR THE REST OF THE EVENING...A WEAK SYNOPTIC SCALE BOUNDARY IS PRESENT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ARKANSAS. COULD SEE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS ALONG OR SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY MENA THROUGH STUTTGART. OTHERWISE EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS FOR THE REST OF THE STATE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOT AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY MAY MOVE A LITTLE NORTH BY SUNDAY/MONDAY...PROVIDING SOME SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OR POSSIBLY TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE. HOWEVER COVERAGE FROM STORMS WILL BE VERY LOW SO ONLY LOCALIZED AND MINIMAL RELIEF WILL RESULT. MONDAY THE UPPER RIDGE WILL SHIFT OVERHEAD SO NO RAIN IS EXPECTED AT THAT TIME. TEMPERATURES AND RH VALUES WILL REMAIN FAIRLY SIMILAR FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 90S AND AFTERNOON RH VALUES IN THE MID 30S TO LOW 40 PERCENT RANGE...BEING THE LOWEST IN THE WEST. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........89 AT REQUEST...MIN 70. RH..................44 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 84 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........EAST 6 TO 13 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3900 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....6. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTHEAST AT 2 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE EAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............89 86 83 80 77 75 74 73 72 72 71 RH..............44 50 56 64 67 69 73 77 79 82 84 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E E E E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND DIR.NE E E E E E E E E E E EYE LVL WND SPD.1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 EYE LVL WND GST.2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E E E E E E E E TRANSP WIND SPD.13 13 12 13 13 13 13 10 8 6 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 10 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 96. RH..................MIN 35 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 7500 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....1. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............71 74 74 78 83 86 89 92 93 94 95 96 RH..............84 77 76 65 55 48 44 40 38 36 35 35 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 EYE LVL WND DIR.E E E E E E SE SE SE SE SE SE EYE LVL WND SPD.1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 8 7 6 7 8 9 9 10 12 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...62 REQUESTED BY...AOICC TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120721.RICHL.01/LZK