FNUS73 KJKL 221100 FWSJKL SPOT FORECAST FOR STRAIGHT CREEK...DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 700 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 EDT ON MARCH 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MOST OF THE DAY WITH ONLY FAIR SMOKE DISPERSION... .DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING WEAK WEATHER SYSTEM EXPECTED TO PASS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. THE APPROACH OF THIS DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TO KEEP THE WINDS ALOFT STIRRING AND THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO AID IN SMOKE DISPERSAL AND VENTING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BOTTOM OUT IN THE 20 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE BY MID AFTERNOON. AT THE SAME TIME...WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AT AROUND 5 MPH...SWITCHING TO THE WEST TOWARD EVENING. THERE WILL BE A SMALL CHANCE OF A SHOWER DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...BUT THE BULK OF THE AREA WILL LIKELY REMAIN DRY. A BETTER CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL OCCUR ON SATURDAY AS ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM DEVELOPS SOUTH OF THE AREA AND CROSSES INTO KENTUCKY LATER THAT NIGHT. THIS COULD BECOME A LARGER STORM SYSTEM BY THE END OF THE WEEKEND BRINGING MORE IN THE WAY OF RAINFALL ON SUNDAY BEFORE COLDER AIR RETURNS ALONG WITH SNOW CHANCES INTO THE START OF THE NEW WORK WEEK. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 47. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST. POP.................30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 4 TO 7 MPH. TIME (EDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........34 47 54 62 72 WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............29 39 43 47 47 RH..............53 36 27 27 34 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE S SW W 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 3 3 2 20 FT WIND GUST. 5 5 RIDGETOP WIND...SE 2 SE 3 S 5 SW 5 W 2 MIX HGT (KFT)...1.4 2.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 TRANSPORT WIND..E 5 E 7 SE 6 S 6 S 6 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 35. MAX HUMIDITY........83 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. RIDGETOP WIND.......LIGHT WINDS. POP.................40 PERCENT. TIME (EDT) 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM 6 AM SKY (%).........79 84 90 94 94 93 WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............44 41 39 38 36 35 RH..............46 56 63 68 78 81 20 FT WIND DIR..NW NE E E E NE 20 FT WIND SPD..1 1 1 1 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST. RIDGETOP WIND...NW 1 NE 1 E 1 E 1 E 1 NE 1 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.2 2.2 1.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 TRANSPORT WIND..S 7 S 6 S 3 S 0 S 0 S 0 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING EAST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. RIDGETOP WIND.......EAST AROUND 5 MPH. POP.................20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-2300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 4 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO 7 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM 6 PM SKY (%).........93 85 73 65 69 74 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 40 45 50 54 54 RH..............80 79 70 56 51 53 20 FT WIND DIR..NE E E E E E 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 5 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 10 10 5 RIDGETOP WIND...NE 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 E 5 MIX HGT (KFT)...0.7 1.1 1.8 2.3 2.2 2.1 TRANSPORT WIND..S 1 E 8 E 12 E 9 E 7 E 8 $$ FORECASTER...GREIF REQUESTED BY...EJ BUNZENDAHL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130322.STRAI.01/JKL