FNUS74 KLZK 131118 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR M O UPPER BRUSHY 3...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 618 AM CDT WED MAR 13 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... OVERALL A DRY FORECAST FOR TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL USHER IN DRIER AIR TODAY AND DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS TO MINIMUM VALUES IN THE LOWER TO UPPER 20 PERCENT ACROSS MUCH OF ARKANSAS THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 12 MPH...AND COMBINED...COULD ENHANCE ANY WILD FIRES THAT FORM. OTHERWISE...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES VALUES COME UP A BIT ON THURSDAY BUT REMAIN IN THE 30 PERCENT LEVELS. BETTER MOISTURE RETURNS TO ARKANSAS OVER THE WEEKEND AND THE NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE LATER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........48 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. RH..................35 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 27 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 4 TO 8 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTH 15 TO 24 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 6 TO 14 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5100 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH BECOMING LIGHT. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............48 50 52 54 55 57 57 RH..............35 32 30 29 28 27 29 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N NW N 20 FT WIND SPD..8 8 7 7 6 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 7 7 7 5 4 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N NW N EYE LVL WND SPD.5 5 4 4 4 3 2 EYE LVL WND GST.5 5 4 4 4 3 2 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N N N NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.15 14 12 9 8 7 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 37. RH..................MAX 58 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WEST WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHWEST 6 TO 8 MPH. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS. LVORI...............1. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............56 54 51 49 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 43 RH..............31 35 38 41 44 45 47 49 51 53 55 52 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N NE E E SE SE SE SE SE S EYE LVL WND SPD.2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.2 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...M TREXLER REQUESTED BY...ADAM STROTHERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130313.MOUPP.01/LZK