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SPOT FORECAST FOR LEAVENWORTH BARRENS...IDNR-NATURE PRESERVES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
524 AM EDT THU MAR 14 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 EDT ON MARCH 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A CLEAR AND COLD MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO INCREASING HIGH AND
MID LEVEL CLOUDS BY NOON AND WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY BY MID TO LATE
AFTERNOON. EVEN WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 40S THIS AFTERNOON...VERY LOW DEWPOINTS
WILL ALLOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL TO NEAR 40%.

WITH THE PROXIMITY OF HIGH PRESSURE...BOTH SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS
THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE LIGHT FROM THE WEST. SURFACE WINDS WILL
STAY NEARLY CALM UNTIL LATE MORNING. SMOKE DISPERSION WILL BE ONLY
FAIR THIS MORNING...BECOMING MARGINALLY GOOD THIS AFTERNOON.

SPRINKLES...OR POSSIBLY A VERY LIGHT RAIN/SNOW MIX IS POSSIBLE BY MID
TO LATE AFTERNOON ACROSS WESTERN HARRISON COUNTY. SHOULD PRECIPITATION REACH
THE GROUND...TOTALS WILL ONLY REACH A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH.
PRECIPITATION WILL END BY LATE EVENING.

FRIDAY WILL BECOME SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER WITH LIGHT SOUTHWEST WINDS AND
SUFFICIENTLY LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITIES.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY IN THE EVENING.
                    CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE EVENING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....38 AT IGNITION...MAX 44.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3400 FT AGL AT
                    IGNITION...OTHERWISE 3000-4500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 3 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 9 TO 14 MPH IN
                    THE AFTERNOON.

TIME (EDT)      1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM
SKY (%).........67  72  74  79  82  83  85
WEATHER COV.....                SCH SCH CHC
WEATHER TYPE....                RN  RN  RN
TEMP............38  41  42  43  44  44  43
RH..............50  46  44  45  45  47  51
20 FT WIND DIR..SW  SW  SW  SW  S   S   S
20 FT WIND SPD..5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT WIND GUST.10  10  10  10  10  10  10

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FORECASTER...DENMAN
REQUESTED BY...BRIAN ABRELL  ECOLOGIST
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130314.LEAVE.02/LMK