FNUS74 KLZK 050111 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR TURTLE FIRE...ARKANSAS FORESTRY COMMISSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 811 PM CDT SAT AUG 4 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1954 CDT ON AUGUST 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WOULD BE ISOLATED AT BEST...AND LIMITED MAINLY BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. WINDS WILL MOSTLY BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST... GRADUALLY BECOMING LIGHT AND VRIABLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. SLIGHT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVER THOUGH...TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS HOT AS TODAY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURE.........102 AT REQUEST...MIN 75. RH..................27 PERCENT AT REQUEST...MAX 75 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 3100 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....5. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTH AT 4 MPH AT REQUEST...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. 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 MC WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............105 102 100 98 95 93 91 89 86 84 82 79 RH..............23 24 27 30 34 38 42 47 51 56 62 68 20 FT WIND DIR..W S S SW SW SW W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..2 6 5 5 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 20 FT WIND GUST.4 7 7 5 4 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 EYE LVL WND DIR.W S S SW SW SW W W W W W W EYE LVL WND SPD.1 4 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 EYE LVL WND GST.2 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 0 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.17 18 17 15 13 13 12 12 9 7 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. TEMPERATURE.........MAX 96. RH..................MIN 44 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH 5 TO 14 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5500 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....2. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE....TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TSM TEMP............77 77 80 84 87 90 92 93 94 95 95 94 RH..............74 75 69 62 56 51 48 44 44 44 45 46 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..0 1 2 3 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.0 1 4 4 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.W W W W W W NW NW NW N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.0 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.0 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S SW SW W W NW NW NW N N NE TRANSP WIND SPD.6 7 10 13 14 13 10 8 7 7 7 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...B SMITH REQUESTED BY...JUSTIN BUCK TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120804.TURTL.01/LZK