Issued by NWS Jackson, KY
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FNUS53 KJKL 222037
FWFJKL
FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
337 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009
.DISCUSSION...A STORM SYSTEM WILL RIDE NORTHEAST INTO THE SOUTHERN
APPALACHIANS AND BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN TO THE AREA FROM LATE TODAY
THROUGH MONDAY. HOWEVER...RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY
AROUND A COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT.
LOOK FOR A BRIEF RESPITE FROM THE RAIN ON TUESDAY. THEREAFTER...OUR
WEATHER WILL REMAIN UNSETTLED THROUGH MUCH OF THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK
AS A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE ROCKIES AND INTO THE
OHIO VALLEY.
KYZ058-068-069-080-085>088-104-106>120-231345-
ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-LAUREL-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-
MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-
CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...LONDON...
CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...
HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...
SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...
BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...INEZ...
PIKEVILLE
337 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009
.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
24 HR TREND......1 DEGREE WARMER.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......12 PERCENT DRIER.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
FIRE GROWTH.
PROB OF PRECIP......40 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........0.02 TO 0.09 INCHES.
.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....54-59.
24 HR TREND......2 DEGREES COOLER.
MIN HUMIDITY........73-78 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......27 PERCENT WETTER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2100 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....21.
VENT RATE...........POOR (21400 KNOT-FT).
PROB OF PRECIP......40 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........0.04 T0 0.07 INCHES.
.MONDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
24 HR TREND......1 DEGREE WARMER.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......11 PERCENT WETTER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
PROB OF PRECIP......20 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........NONE TO 0.01 INCHES.
.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
24 HR TREND......5 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........56-61 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......15 PERCENT DRIER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4200 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....42.
VENT RATE...........FAIR (42400 KNOT-FT).
PROB OF PRECIP......10 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........NONE.
$$
KYZ044-050>052-059-060-231345-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-POWELL-MENIFEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...STANTON...FRENCHBURG
337 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009
.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN LATE IN THE
NIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....40-45.
24 HR TREND......7 DEGREES WARMER.
MAX HUMIDITY........90-95 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......4 PERCENT DRIER.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED
FIRE GROWTH.
PROB OF PRECIP......30 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........NONE TO 0.02 INCHES.
.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
24 HR TREND......4 DEGREES COOLER.
MIN HUMIDITY........71-76 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......28 PERCENT WETTER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2400 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....24.
VENT RATE...........POOR (23600 KNOT-FT).
PROB OF PRECIP......40 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........0.03 TO 0.07 INCHES.
.MONDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....42-47.
24 HR TREND......2 DEGREES WARMER.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......9 PERCENT WETTER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
PROB OF PRECIP......20 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........TRACE TO 0.01 INCHES.
.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....58-63.
24 HR TREND......4 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........61 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......14 PERCENT DRIER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......3500 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....35.
VENT RATE...........MARGINAL (35000 KNOT-FT).
PROB OF PRECIP......10 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........NONE.
$$
KYZ079-083-084-231345-
PULASKI-WAYNE-MCCREARY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOMERSET...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY
337 PM EST SUN NOV 22 2009
.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....41-46.
24 HR TREND......5 DEGREES WARMER.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......6 PERCENT WETTER.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
PROB OF PRECIP......40 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........0.02 TO 0.06 INCHES.
.MONDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE MORNING...THEN A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN IN THE LATE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55.
24 HR TREND......1 DEGREE WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........77-82 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......22 PERCENT WETTER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2300 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....23.
VENT RATE...........POOR (23100 KNOT-FT).
PROB OF PRECIP......30 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........0.04 TO 0.07 INCHES.
.MONDAY NIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN EARLY.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
24 HR TREND......1 DEGREE COOLER.
MAX HUMIDITY........95-100 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......1 PERCENT WETTER.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........3 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
PROB OF PRECIP......20 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........NONE TO 0.01 INCHES.
.TUESDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....59-64.
24 HR TREND......6 DEGREES WARMER.
MIN HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
24 HR TREND......24 PERCENT DRIER.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
LAL.................1.
HAINES INDEX........2 OR VERY LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME
DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WIND......SOUTH AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....47.
VENT RATE...........FAIR (46700 KNOT-FT).
PROB OF PRECIP......10 PERCENT.
QPF (INCHES)........NONE.
$$
.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE
MORNING. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE
MORNING. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE
MORNING. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THANKSGIVING DAY...COOLER. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED RAIN SHOWERS.
HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.THURSDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS
EARLY...THEN SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS TOWARDS MORNING. LOWS IN
THE LOWER 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. HIGHS IN THE
LOWER 40S. WEST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SNOW SHOWERS.
LOWS AROUND 30. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. WEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. SOUTHWEST
WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.
.SUNDAY...SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND
5 MPH.
$$
DUSTY
