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SPOT FORECAST FOR SHELTON...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
455 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EST ON MARCH 10.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...WINDS LARGELY FROM THE SOUTH WILL CONTINUE TO
CARRY IN MILDER AIR THROUGH SUNDAY...BUT IT WILL TAKE LONGER FOR
MOISTURE TO INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY. RIDGE/VALLEY DIFFERENCES WILL
BE NOTED TONIGHT...WITH VALLEYS BEING COLDER AND WITH HIGHER
HUMIDITY AS COMPARED TO RIDGES. MILD TEMPERATURES AND DRY RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL BE OBSERVED AGAIN ON SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH PROBABLY NOT
QUITE AS DRY AS ON SATURDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING RAIN INTO THE
AREA LATE SUNDAY NIGHT OR MONDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A RETURN
TO DRY WEATHER WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE COLD FRONT FOR
TUESDAY. SOUTH WINDS WILL PICK UP AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT...WITH
GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH FROM AROUND JACKSON WESTWARD ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...AND GUSTS OF 20-25 MPH FROM AROUND JACKSON EASTWARD ON
MONDAY.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35 IN THE VALLEYS...AROUND 41 ON THE RIDGES.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-100 PERCENT IN THE VALLEYS...70-80 PERCENT
                    ON THE RIDGES.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 0 TO 5 MPH.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 0 TO 5 MPH.
POP.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH TO OR MODERATE POTENTIAL
                    FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.

TIME (EST)      7 PM   9 PM   11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM
SKY (%).........28     32     37     41     44     49
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     52     49     47     45     44
RH..............48     55     62     70     71     72
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 2    S 2    S 3    S 2    S 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      5      5
HAINES INDEX....5      5      5      4      4      4

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MIN HUMIDITY........27-32 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BY MID
                    MORNING...THEN AROUND 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO
                    20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SURROUNDING RIDGE...SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH...
                    WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH...
                    WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
POP.................0 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
                    FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH AROUND 25 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....68.

TIME (EST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........52     52     52     52     54     56
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     49     57     63     66     66
RH..............76     64     49     39     35     36
20 FT WIND......S 2    S 5    S 8    S 9    S 9    S 9
20 FT WIND GUST.5             10     20     20     20
HAINES INDEX....4      4      4      4      4      4

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FORECASTER...GEOGERIAN
REQUESTED BY...ROBIN ACCIARDO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130310.SHELT.01/JKL