FNUS73 KJKL 140953 FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR BARREN FORK FLAT ROCK...DANIEL BOONE NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 553 AM EDT THU MAR 14 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 EDT ON MARCH 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...AFTER A COLD START TO THE DAY...SUNSHINE WILL RETURN TODAY...BOOSTING TEMPERATURES INTO THE MID 40S THIS AFTERNOON. MODEST MIXING HEIGHTS AND VERY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 PERCENT. IF DEWPOINTS FALL A DEGREE OR TWO UNDER FORECAST VALUES...WE COULD SEE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALL UNDER 25 PERCENT. WINDS WILL REMAIN VERY LIGHT OUT OF THE WEST INTO THIS AFTERNOON CREATING SOMEWHAT POOR VENTILATION. A FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL RETURN FRIDAY WITH EVEN WARMER CONDITIONS EXPECTED. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON MAY FALL UNDER 30 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN. SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY. A WET WEEKEND IS ON TAP WITH SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RAIN FROM SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE EARLY EVENING. RIDGETOP WIND.......WEST 0 TO 5 MPH. POP.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 10 TO 15 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....58. TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........0 0 4 11 15 23 39 47 57 78 WEATHER COV..... SCT WEATHER TYPE.... RW TEMP............32 36 38 40 42 43 44 44 43 42 RH..............51 41 37 34 31 30 29 29 31 35 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W W W W W W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 MIXING HGT IN 1000 FEET AGL...2.5 3.3 3.6 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.4 3.4 1.3 TRANS WIND SPD..6 8 9 11 12 13 13 13 13 12 DISP INDEX......15 26 34 45 53 56 58 57 42 15 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY...THEN ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS LATE AT NIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 32. MAX HUMIDITY........79 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 0 TO 5 MPH. POP.................40 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........89 97 96 85 42 29 WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TEMP............41 38 36 35 34 33 RH..............41 58 72 77 78 77 20 FT WIND......W 2 N 1 NE 1 E 1 SE 1 S 1 20 FT WIND GUST.5 MIXING HGT IN 1000 FEET AGL...0 0 0 0 0 0 TRANS WIND SPD..11 10 7 4 6 7 DISP INDEX......3 6 4 1 1 2 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH. POP.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST IN THE UPPER TEENS MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....66. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........31 35 38 46 48 50 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............32 41 51 59 62 62 RH..............79 70 52 34 32 39 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 3 SW 6 SW 7 SW 7 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 15 20 20 15 MIXING HGT IN 1000 FEET AGL...0 0 8.5 2.7 3.3 2.7 TRANS WIND SPD..9 14 18 19 20 17 DISP INDEX......2 4 16 39 50 66 $$ FORECASTER...SULLIVAN REQUESTED BY...ALISON COONS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130313.BARRE.01/JKL