000 FNUS53 KLMK 091326 FWFSDF CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA FIRE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 825 AM EST SAT NOV 9 2002 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST TODAY WHILE A COLD FRONT GATHERS STRENGTH ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE TWO WILL ALLOW FOR WINDY CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH. SEVERAL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALSO. THE FIRST SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LIKELY FROM WEST TO EAST. WIND GUSTS IN THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH 40 MPH OR HIGHER IN SOME AREAS TONIGHT. THEN ON SUNDAY...THERE MAY BE A BREAK IN THE RAIN IN THE MORNING BEFORE A COLD FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. WITH MOISTURE AND HIGH LEVELS OF INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE...ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR BOTH SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. $$ INZ062-063-069>071-076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057 -061>067-070>078-081-082-101400- ADAIR-ALLEN-ANDERSON-BARREN-BOURBON-BOYLE-BRECKINRIDGE-BROWN IN- BULLITT-BUTLER-CASEY-CLARK-CLARK IN-CLINTON-CRAWFORD IN- CUMBERLAND-DUBOIS IN-EDMONSON-FAYETTE-FLOYD IN-FRANKLIN- GARRARD-GRAYSON-GREEN-HANCOCK-HARDIN-HARRISON-HARRISON IN- HART-HENRY-JACKSON IN-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON IN- JESSAMINE- LARUE-LAWRENCE IN-LINCOLN-LOGAN-MADISON-MARION-MARTIN IN- MEADE- MERCER-METCALFE-MONROE-MONROE IN-NELSON-NICHOLAS-OHIO-OLDHAM-ORANGE IN-PERRY IN- RUSSELL-SCOTT-SCOTT IN- SHELBY-SIMPSON-SPENCER- TAYLOR-TRIMBLE-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WASHINGTON IN-WOODFORD- 825 AM EST SAT NOV 9 2002 .THIS AFTERNOON... SKY/WEATHER... MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 20 TO 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 TEMPERATURE... 65 TO 70 HUMIDITY... 50 TO 60 PERCENT WIND - 20 FT... SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH, GUSTING TO 35 MPH PRECIPITATION... 0.10 TO 0.20 TRANSPORT WIND... SOUTH SOUTHWEST 15 TO 17 MPS MIXING DEPTH... 1100 MAGL .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT TEMPERATURE... 48 TO 53 HUMIDITY... 80 TO 90 PERCENT WIND - 20 FT... SOUTH 20 TO 30 MPH...BUT DECREASING TOWARD MORNING TO 15 MPH...GUST TO 40 MPH OR HIGHER IN THUNDERSTORMS PRECIPITATION... 0.25 TO 0.50 .TOMORROW... SKY/WEATHER... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON...CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT TEMPERATURE... 65 TO 70 HUMIDITY... 60 TO 70 PERCENT WIND - 20 FT... SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH PRECIPITATION... SCATTERED 0.25 TO 0.50 LATE TRANSPORT WIND... SOUTHWEST 10 TO 12 MPS MIXING DEPTH... 900 MAGL .EXTENDED FORECAST... ...20FT WINDS COULD EXCEED 15 MPH SUNDAY NIGHT... .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 40 PERCENT. .VETERANS DAY...PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. .MONDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S. CHANCE OF RAIN 30 PERCENT. .TUESDAY...A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN DURING THE DAY...OTHERWISE PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. .WEDNESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S AND HIGHS NEAR 50. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S AND HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. $$ VLD