FNUS73 KPAH 151325 FWSPAH SPOT FORECAST FOR TA22...DOD NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 825 AM CDT MON APR 15 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON APRIL 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WARM AND HUMID THROUGH THURSDAY WITH ON AND OFF CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. NOT AS MUCH WIND TODAY AS WHAT WE SAW ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........71 AT IGNITION...MAX 76. RH..................61 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 49 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WINDS SOUTH AT 7 MPH AT IGNITION...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH BY LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...GUSTS TO 15 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH AT IGNITION...MAX 4. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3600 FT AGL AT IGNITION...THEN INCREASING TO 4000-4800 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 1500 FT AGL BY EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 21 MPH. TIME (CDT) 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM 6PM SKY (%).........PC PC PC PC PC PC MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............71 73 74 75 75 75 75 RH..............61 56 53 51 50 53 56 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 6 7 7 6 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...3.6 4.3 4.7 4.8 4.3 3.0 1.5 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.12 13 15 16 18 20 21 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 3 3 3 3 4 4 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MIN 64. RH..................MAX 91 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5 OR LOW TO MODERATE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 9 TO 10 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............73 70 68 67 66 65 RH..............59 67 74 78 82 87 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 S 7 S 6 S 5 S 5 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 BLW100 300 300 400 300 TRANSPORT WIND..S 20 S 14 S 13 S 17 S 14 S 10 CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....5 5 5 5 4 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). TEMPERATURE.........MAX 82. RH..................MIN 58 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. HAINES INDEX........3 TO 4 OR VERY LOW TO LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-4200 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH. TIME (CDT) 7 AM 10 AM 1 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............65 73 79 81 RH..............89 75 64 60 20 FT WIND......S 5G10 S 7G15 S 6G15 S 7G15 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1600 3600 4200 TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 S 18 S 15 S 17 CWR.............0 0 0 0 HAINES INDEX....3 4 4 3 $$ FORECASTER...WFO PADUCAH REQUESTED BY...JOHN PAUL HART TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130415.TA22_.01/PAH