FNUS73 KLMK 091359 FWSLMK SPOT FORECAST FOR HARVEY FLAT...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 859 AM EST SAT MAR 9 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CST ON MARCH 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT A DRY DAY UNDER MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. CURRENT LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS WILL BECOME STEADY FROM THE SOUTHEAST WITH GENERAL SPEEDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH EXPECTED. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD REACH THE LOWER 60S AND WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW 30S WILL YIELD MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RIGHT AROUND 40 PERCENT...PERHAPS A LITTLE LOWER ONCE THE FIRE GETS GOING. MIXING HEIGHTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL AVERAGE AROUND THE 2400 FT AGL LEVEL. EXPECT GOOD OVERNIGHT RH RECOVERY..WITH HUMIDITY VALUES INCREASING INTO THE LOW TO MID 80 PERCENT RANGE. WINDS WILL TRANSITION TO SOUTHERLY AND STRENGTHEN BY SUNDAY MORNING AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TIGHTENS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. COULD SEE AN ISOLATED SHOWER AROUND DAYBREAK SUNDAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IN THIS OCCURRING AT THE BURN SITE IS LOW AT THIS TIME. THE BETTER CHANCES ARRIVE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING SUNDAY .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....56 AT IGNITION...MAX 62. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 40 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 300-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2000-2700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CST) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........36 31 32 35 38 41 44 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............50 56 59 60 61 61 58 RH..............53 43 40 42 42 42 47 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.10 11 12 12 13 12 11 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 46. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 83 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 7 TO 9 MPH. TIME (CST) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........46 47 49 51 52 54 55 57 61 64 68 72 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............56 54 53 52 51 50 49 48 48 47 47 46 RH..............51 54 59 61 66 68 71 74 74 76 76 83 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS...THEN RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING. RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 63. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 58 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2100-3800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 14 TO 20 MPH INCREASING TO 24 TO 33 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN INCREASING TO 31 TO 39 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO AROUND 22 MPH IN THE EVENING. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........73 73 72 71 79 90 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............47 51 57 61 63 62 RH..............79 71 62 60 58 62 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 11 S 14 S 15 S 12 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST.15 20 25 30 25 15 $$ FORECASTER...PADDOCK REQUESTED BY...OTTO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130309.HARVE.02/LMK