FNUS73 KLMK 221346 FWSLMK SPOT FORECAST FOR GUSTON RX...TNC-KYFO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 946 AM EDT FRI MAR 22 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 EDT ON MARCH 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SKIES HAVE ALREADY BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY. MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AS A BROAD SHIELD OF MID LEVEL CLOUDS MOVE NORTHEAST. LIGHT RAIN MAY DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT...BUT SOUTHERN MEADE COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN DRY THROUGH SATURDAY. DESPITE INCREASING CLOUDINESS...DEWPOINTS WILL REMAIN LOW THIS AFTERNOON WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING BELOW 40%. BOTH SURFACE AND TRANSPORT WINDS WILL REMAIN QUITE LIGHT. THIS WILL ALLOW SMOKE DISPERSION THIS AFTERNOON TO BECOME MARGINAL AT BEST. WINDS WILL STAY NEARLY CALM THROUGH NOON ACROSS SHELTERED AREAS...WITH WINDS STAYING LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST BY THIS AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS THIS EVENING WILL ONLY RISE TO 5 TO 9 MPH AT BEST FROM THE SOUTHEAST. SURFACE WINDS WILL BACK TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST BY SATURDAY. SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....38 AT IGNITION...MAX 46. MIN HUMIDITY........40 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 36 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......WINDS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH THROUGH MIDDAY...THEN BECOMING LIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300 FT AGL AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE 2300-3300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH. TIME (EDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........51 58 62 64 67 70 73 76 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............38 40 42 44 45 45 44 43 RH..............40 39 37 36 36 38 41 43 20 FT WIND DIR..SE SE SE SE SE SE SE E 20 FT WIND SPD..5 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....MIN 32. MAX HUMIDITY........MAX 75 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS. TIME (EDT) 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM 6AM 7AM SKY (%).........78 79 80 82 84 85 86 84 81 77 73 70 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............41 40 38 36 35 35 35 34 33 33 32 32 RH..............48 50 57 61 64 64 66 69 72 75 75 75 20 FT WIND DIR..E E E E E E E E E NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. MAX TEMPERATURE.....MAX 53. MIN HUMIDITY........MIN 45 PERCENT. 20-FOOT WINDS.......LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-3200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST 5 TO 13 MPH. TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM 7PM SKY (%).........68 66 62 58 54 50 48 49 52 54 60 71 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............32 36 41 44 47 49 50 52 53 53 52 50 RH..............75 67 59 55 49 48 46 44 44 46 48 54 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE E E E NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 10 10 15 10 10 15 15 15 15 10 $$ FORECASTER...DENMAN REQUESTED BY...CHRIS MINOR TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130322.GUSTO.01/LMK