FNUS74 KLZK 191055 FWSLZK SPOT FORECAST FOR FALLING WATER...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR 555 AM CDT TUE MAR 19 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON MARCH 19. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER WILL BE OVER THE AREA TODAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE REGION. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO UPPER 30S EACH DAY. WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN 10 MPH TODAY AND WEDNESDAY...MAINLY NORTHEAST TO EAST TODAY...BEFORE TURNING TO THE NORTHWEST BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND WILL BRING PRECIPITATION CHANCES BY THURSDAY. COOLER AIR WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS NORTHERN ARKANSAS AND SOME PRECIPITATION COULD FALL AS A WINTRY MIX BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL RAIN DURING THE DAY THURSDAY. THE CHANCE OF RAIN CONTINUES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY WITH AGAIN A CHANCE OF WINTER WEATHER OVER NORTHERN ARKANSAS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........50 AT IGNITION...MAX 58. RH..................46 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 30 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NE TO E 5 MPH. TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTHEAST 6 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT (MSL).......BECOMING 4000 FT MSL. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL).......BECOMING 2632 FT AGL. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 3 TO 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............50 53 55 56 57 57 56 RH..............46 39 33 32 30 31 33 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 6 7 7 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.6 5 6 7 7 7 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.SE SE SE S S S S EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 4 4 4 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.4 3 4 4 4 4 4 TRANSP WIND DIR.E E E E SE SE SE TRANSP WIND SPD.8 7 7 7 6 6 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 35. RH..................MAX 79 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST 6 TO 15 MPH. STABILITY CLASS.....4. 20-FOOT WINDS.......SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 8 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LVORI...............1. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............55 53 50 48 46 45 44 42 41 40 39 37 RH..............33 37 42 47 51 54 57 61 65 68 72 77 20 FT WIND DIR..S S SW W NW NW N N N N N N 20 FT WIND SPD..6 5 3 2 2 3 5 7 8 8 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST.7 5 4 2 2 4 5 7 8 8 7 7 EYE LVL WND DIR.S S SW W NW NW N N N N N N EYE LVL WND SPD.4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 4 EYE LVL WND GST.4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 4 TRANSP WIND DIR.SE SE SE S S SW W W W W NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.6 6 6 6 7 7 8 9 10 12 13 15 LVORI...........1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 50. RH..................MIN 30 PERCENT. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. EYE LEVEL WINDS.....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TRANSPORT WINDS........NORTHWEST 16 TO 17 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT (MSL).......BECOMING 4100 FT MSL. MIXING HEIGHT (AGL).......BECOMING 2732 FT AGL. STABILITY CLASS.....3. 20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHWEST WINDS 6 TO 13 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............37 36 37 39 41 43 45 47 48 49 49 49 RH..............78 79 73 65 57 48 41 35 33 31 30 30 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 8 9 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 20 FT WIND GUST.6 6 8 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 EYE LVL WND DIR.N N N N N N N N NW NW NW NW EYE LVL WND SPD.4 4 5 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 EYE LVL WND GST.4 4 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 TRANSP WIND DIR.NW N N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW TRANSP WIND SPD.16 17 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...M TREXLER REQUESTED BY...MARK MORALES TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130319.FALLI.01/LZK