FNUS73 KPAH 301530 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR RANGE OPERATIONS...DOD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 930 AM CST FRI NOV 30 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0935 CST ON NOVEMBER 30. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE AROUND 10 MPH TODAY. THESE SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL RAISE TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO THE 60 DEGREE MARK THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WARMER TEMPERATURES...ALONG WITH RELATIVELY DRY AIR AT THE SURFACE...WILL YIELD RATHER LOW RH VALUES THIS AFTERNOON. MINIMUM RH VALUES WILL BE IN THE 30S TODAY...BUT THAT WILL QUICKLY CHANGE. PATCHY DRIZZLE MAY BEGIN TO DEVELOP OVER PARTS OF THE AREA LATE TONIGHT AND INTO SATURDAY MORNING...AS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES. RH VALUES WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER SATURDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........51 AT IGNITION...MAX 61. RH..................70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......1400 FT AGL AT IGNITION... INCREASING TO 2300-3700 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 29 TO 35 MPH DECREASING TO 18 TO 25 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CST) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............46 51 55 56 59 59 60 58 55 RH..............60 50 41 42 37 39 37 40 47 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S SW SW S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.5 1.4 2.3 3.1 3.6 3.7 3.4 2.4 1.2 TRANSP WIND DIR.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.32 29 25 22 20 18 18 18 18 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 44. RH..................MAX 86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........2 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 20 TO 24 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 51 49 48 48 47 RH..............50 66 74 77 77 79 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 4 S 4 S 5 S 4 S 4 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....200 BLW100 100 200 100 100 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 20 SW 22 SW 24 SW 24 SW 23 SW 21 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....4 4 3 2 3 3 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 67. RH..................MIN 49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400-5100 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1500-3000 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 16 TO 25 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............46 53 63 66 RH..............83 74 56 52 20 FT WIND......S 4G10 S 6G15 S 7G15 S 8G15 MIX HGT (FT)....200 600 4600 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 18 SW 16 S 16 S 18 CWR.............0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...YORK REQUESTED BY...ERIC STRICKLAND TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121130.RANGE.01/PAH