FNUS74 KLZK 260222 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR OLA...ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 922 PM CDT WED JUL 25 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2107 CDT ON JULY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE DANGER REMAINS HIGH TO EXTREME OVER THE AREA... .DISCUSSION... WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT WILL BE WARM...MUGGY AND DRY. TEMPERATURES WILL SLOWLY LOWER FROM THE MID 90S THIS EVENING TO LOWS OVERNIGHT IN THE MID 70S. RH VALUES AROUND 35 TO 40 PERCENT THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE OVERNIGHT. TODAY WIND FROM S TO SW HAVE LOWERED TO 3 TO 7 MPH...AND MAY BECOME LIGHT FROM THE SOUTH OR LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHTS WILL LOWER OVERNIGHT TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET WITH A POSSIBLE INVERSION WHICH MAY TRAP SMOKE. NO CHANCE OF RAIN IS SEEN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OTHERWISE...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH SLOWLY THROUGH ARKANSAS FROM THE NORTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE. THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...HIGH PRESSURE IN THE PLAINS WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE REGION...WITH A RETURN TO HOT TEMPERATURES AND LITTLE TO NO RAIN. STRAY AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN COUNTIES. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........94 AT REQUEST...MIN 76. RH..................38 TO 44 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 75 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT SOUTH WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 17 TO 21 MPH. STABILITY CLASS.....6. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 3 TO 5 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING BECOMING...THEN BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT. POSSIBLE LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT TIMES. TIME (CDT) 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............91 90 88 86 84 83 83 82 81 RH..............46 49 52 60 63 65 68 72 74 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 2 2 3 5 5 5 20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 4 4 4 4 5 5 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.3 2 2 1 1 2 3 3 3 EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.21 21 21 21 21 21 20 18 17 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 97. RH..................MIN 42 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 12 TO 16 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 8500 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....2. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH. 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 PC PC WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............80 81 83 87 90 92 94 95 96 96 96 95 RH..............74 75 67 60 53 49 45 42 42 42 42 44 20 FT WIND DIR..SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.7 7 5 5 7 7 7 7 8 8 7 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.16 16 15 15 16 16 16 16 15 14 13 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...M TREXLER REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN BUCK TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120725.OLA__.01/LZK