FNUS73 KJKL 142145 AAA FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR BARREN FORK FLAT ROCK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 545 PM EDT THU MAR 14 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1720 EDT ON MARCH 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE A PROBLEM THIS EVENING...MUCH BETTER TOMORROW... .DISCUSSION...LIGHT WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND UP TO A COUPLE OF THOUSAND FEET ALOFT WILL NOT HELP THE SMOKE DISPERSION THIS EVENING. A FAST MOVING CLIPPER SYSTEM WILL BRING SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS TO PARTS OF THE AREA THIS EVENING AND IN THE PROCESS MAY HELP MIX THE SMOKE BETTER. THIS SYSTEM WILL ALREADY BE ON THE WAY OUT BY LATE TONIGHT...WITH HIGH PRESSURE RETURNING FOR FRIDAY. EVEN WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FRIDAY AFTERNOON... FALLING TO NEAR 30 PERCENT ONCE AGAIN. SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE ANTICIPATED FOR FRIDAY. A WET WEEKEND IS ON TAP...THOUGH... WITH SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR RAIN FROM SATURDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 33. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH. POP.................20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000 FEET EARLY THEN FALLING AFTER SUNSET TO A FEW HUNDRED FEET. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 10 MPH EARLY. FALLING TO LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHWEST TOWARD SUNSET. DISPERSION INDEX....NO HIGHER THAN 25 THIS EVENING THEN DOWN NEAR ZERO AFTER SUNSET. TIME (EDT) 6 PM SKY (%).........77 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE TEMP............44 RH..............32 20 FT WIND DIR..W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 MIXING HGTS..... 1000 FEET AGL...2.7 TRANS WIND DIR..SW TRANS WIND SPD..8 DISP INDEX......22 TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........97 99 98 100 84 71 WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............41 39 37 36 35 34 RH..............42 55 66 71 79 84 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 2 2 2 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 MIXING HGTS..... 1000 FEET AGL...2.4 1.2 0.6 0 0 0.4 TRANS WIND DIR..W SW SW S S S TRANS WIND SPD..7 6 5 3 3 6 DISP INDEX......20 13 4 1 1 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH UNTIL EVENING. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTHWEST 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. POP.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 20 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....108. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........49 48 46 45 51 58 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............33 37 48 56 62 64 RH..............86 85 62 49 42 42 20 FT WIND DIR..S SW SW SW W W 20 FT WIND SPD..3 6 8 9 10 9 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 20 15 MIXING HGTS..... 1000 FEET AGL...0.5 1.3 3.1 4.5 3.1 1.3 TRANS WIND DIR..S SW W W W SW TRANS WIND SPD..10 16 26 24 23 13 DISP INDEX......7 22 81 108 71 18 $$ FORECASTER...GREIF REQUESTED BY...M GANDY FMO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130314.BARRE.03/JKL