FNUS74 KLZK 131120 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR REEVES BRANCH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 620 AM CDT WED MAR 13 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0640 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 (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........31 AT IGNITION...MAX 52. RH..................70 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 26 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST 17 TO 25 MPH DECREASING TO 13 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4500 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS NORTH AT 4 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............31 33 35 38 41 44 46 48 50 51 51 51 RH..............70 68 56 47 39 35 32 28 28 27 27 29 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N NW NW NW N N 20 FT WIND SPD..7 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 7 20 FT WIND GUST.7 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 8 8 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N NW NW NW N N EYE LVL WND SPD.4 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 EYE LVL WND GST.4 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.25 24 23 21 20 18 17 15 15 14 14 13 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35. RH..................MAX 56 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WEST WINDS. TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST 6 TO 13 MPH. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. LVORI...............1. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........PC MC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............50 49 46 45 43 43 42 41 40 39 38 40 RH..............29 32 35 38 40 42 44 46 48 51 53 51 20 FT WIND DIR..N N NW NW W SW SW S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N NW NW W SW SW S S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 EYE LVL WND GST.3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW NW NW NW W W W W W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.13 12 10 9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 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 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 65. RH..................MIN 37 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS........WEST 8 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 22 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 4500 FT MSL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............39 38 40 44 47 51 55 59 61 63 64 64 RH..............54 56 56 51 47 43 40 38 38 37 38 40 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 7 8 9 12 13 13 14 14 14 13 20 FT WIND GUST.4 5 7 8 11 12 14 14 18 18 18 14 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S S S S S SW SW SW SW SW SW EYE LVL WND SPD.2 3 4 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 EYE LVL WND GST.2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 11 11 11 8 MIX HGT (KFT)... TRANSP WIND DIR.W W W W W W W SW W W W W TRANSP WIND SPD.8 9 10 13 15 16 18 20 21 22 22 22 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...M TREXLER REQUESTED BY...MARK MORALES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130313.REEVE.02/LZK