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SPOT FORECAST FOR WIND CAVE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1057 PM EDT SUN APR 7 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 2238 EDT ON APRIL 07.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE, CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...PRELIMINARY SPOT FORECAST...

.DISCUSSION...WE SHOULD SEE GOOD MOISTURE RECOVERY IN THE VALLEYS
FOLLOWING OVERNIGHT...WHILE MOISTURE RECOVERY ON THE RIDGES WILL
REMAIN VERY POOR. HIGHER DEWPOINTS SHOULD ARRIVE ON MONDAY...BUT
ANOTHER DAY WITH GOOD MIXING HEIGHTS SHOULD PUT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
DOWN TO BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT BY MID AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE
LIGHTER...BUT COULD STILL GUST TO NEAR 20 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.REST OF TONIGHT...

MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50.
MAX HUMIDITY........80-85 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
POP.................10 PERCENT.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
                    DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY THEN
                    BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY.

TIME (EDT)      11 PM  1 AM   3 AM   5 AM   7 AM
SKY (%).........71     44     42     50     62
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............61     58     54     53     51
RH..............47     60     72     79     86
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..3      3      3      3      3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      5
RIDGETOP WIND...SW 5   S 5    S 5    S 5    S 5
MIX HGT (KFT)...0.6    0.4    0.3    0.3    0.3
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10  S 7    S 6    S 6    S 6
HAINES INDEX....3      3      3      3      3

.MONDAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75.
MIN HUMIDITY........35-40 PERCENT.
RIDGETOP WIND.......SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 10
                    TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 6 TO 12 MPH
                    UNTIL EVENING.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM   6 PM
SKY (%).........65     67     65     61     60     58
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     62     70     73     74     73
RH..............85     62     48     44     43     44
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      SW     SW     SW     SW
20 FT WIND SPD..3      8      10     10     12     10
20 FT WIND GUST.5      15     20     20     20     20
RIDGETOP WIND...S 5    S 10   S 15   SW 15  SW 15  SW 15

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FORECASTER...GREIF
REQUESTED BY...MITCH GANDY
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20130407.WINDC.02/JKL