FNUS73 KLMK 130918 FWSLMK SPOT FORECAST FOR LEAVENWORTH BARRENS...IDNR-NATURE PRESERVES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 518 AM EDT WED MAR 13 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON MARCH 14. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...MILDER TEMPERATURES AND LIGHTER WINDS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS COMPARED TO A COLD AND BLUSTERY AFTERNOON TODAY. A VERY CHILLY MORNING WITH NEARLY CALM WINDS IS EXPECTED THURSDAY MORNING. DESPITE MORNING LOWS IN THE MID 20S...HEAVY FROST IS NOT EXPECTED DUE TO VERY LOW DEWPOINTS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL PICK UP A BIT BY LATE MORNING AND REACH AROUND 5 TO 7 MPH NEAR THE GROUND BY EARLY AFTERNOON. AFTER A MOSTLY SUNNY MORNING... CLOUDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD BE WELL DOWN INTO THE 35% RANGE. A WEAK SYSTEM WILL ARRIVE BY LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING WITH JUST A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SOME LATE AFTERNOON SPRINKLES OR AT THE VERY MOST...A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF RAIN. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....43 AT IGNITION...MAX 46. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 37 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 6 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2500-3500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 12 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 14 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........15 22 29 36 43 50 54 56 61 66 71 76 WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW RW TEMP............25 28 33 38 41 43 44 45 45 45 45 43 RH..............75 64 53 44 39 38 37 38 41 43 46 53 20 FT WIND DIR..W W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 8 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 15 15 15 15 15 15 $$ FORECASTER...DENMAN REQUESTED BY...BRIAN ABRELL ECOLOGIST TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130314.LEAVE.01/LMK