FNUS73 KPAH 271313
FWSPAH

SPOT FORECAST FOR COVER BURN...MISSOURI DEPT CONSERVATION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
813 AM CDT WED MAR 27 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON MARCH 27.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL DOMINATE THE HEARTLAND REGION THROUGH
THURSDAY. WARM AND RELATIVE MOIST AIR WILL WORK NORTHEAST INTO THE
AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS IN THE FORM OF
INCREASING CLOUD COVER. A FEW SHOWERS MAY EVEN BE POSSIBLE OVER
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

AS HIGH PRESSURE PUSHES OFF TO THE EAST FRIDAY AND INTO THE
WEEKEND...GRADUALLY WARMER AIR WILL WORK ACROSS THE QUAD STATE
REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OUT INTO THE 50S AND LOWER 60S
BY SUNDAY. HOWEVER...ALONG WITH THE WARMER TEMPERATURES THERE WILL
BE A CHANCE OF RAIN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. EVEN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA LATE SUNDAY AND INTO
EARLY MONDAY...PUSHING TEMPERATURES DOWN SOME 10 TO 20 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.
MINIMUM DAYTIME RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL INTO THE 30 TO 40
PERCENT RANGE ON THURSDAY...AS WARMER AIR FILTERS NORTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA...THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY AS COOLER AND DRIER AIR
PUSHES IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT).
TEMPERATURE.........36 AT IGNITION...MAX 46.
RH..................59 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 44 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 3 MPH AT IGNITION...OTHERWISE
                    LIGHT WINDS.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM
SKY (%).........MC  MC  MC  CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............33  36  39  42  44  45  45  45  45
RH..............64  59  52  48  44  46  48  51  51
20 FT WIND DIR..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SE  SE
20 FT WIND SPD..2   2   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT WIND GUST.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5

$$
FORECASTER...YORK
REQUESTED BY...STEVEN KING
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130327.COVER.01/PAH