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FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
454 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013

...COOLER AND DRIER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...

.DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT EAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS
MORNING AND WILL PROVIDE A DOSE OF COOLER AND DRIER WEATHER TO THE
AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. CLOUDS WILL SLOWLY CLEAR OFF TODAY AS
DEWPOINTS FALL INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S. THESE LOW DEWPOINTS WILL
YIELD AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY AROUND 30 PERCENT THROUGH SUNDAY.
GUSTY WEST-NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-130000-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
454 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2013

.TODAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. 
   24 HR TREND......25 DEGREES COOLER. 
MIN HUMIDITY........36-46 PERCENT. 
   24 HR TREND......6 PERCENT WETTER. 
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
LAL.................1. 
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED 
                    FIRE GROWTH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 25 MPH. 
DISPERSION INDEX....149. 
VENT RATE...........EXCELLENT (148900 KNOT-FT). 
PROB OF PRECIP......0 PERCENT. 
QPF (INCHES)........NONE.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR. WIDESPREAD FROST LATE AT NIGHT. 
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36. 
   24 HR TREND......14 DEGREES COOLER. 
MAX HUMIDITY........81-91 PERCENT. 
   24 HR TREND......11 PERCENT DRIER. 
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
LAL.................1. 
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED 
                    FIRE GROWTH. 
PROB OF PRECIP......0 PERCENT. 
QPF (INCHES)........NONE. 

.SATURDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY. PATCHY FROST IN THE MORNING. 
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. 
   24 HR TREND......6 DEGREES WARMER. 
MIN HUMIDITY........28-34 PERCENT. 
   24 HR TREND......11 PERCENT DRIER. 
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
LAL.................1. 
HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED 
                    FIRE GROWTH. 
MIXING HEIGHT.......6000 FT AGL. 
TRANSPORT WIND......WEST AROUND 20 MPH. 
DISPERSION INDEX....131. 
VENT RATE...........EXCELLENT (131000 KNOT-FT). 
PROB OF PRECIP......0 PERCENT. 
QPF (INCHES)........NONE. 

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.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLEAR. PATCHY FROST LATE AT NIGHT. LOWS IN
THE UPPER 30S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY BECOMING LIGHT. 
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHEAST WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH. 
.SUNDAY NIGHT...WARMER. PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE AT NIGHT. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY BECOMING LIGHT. 
.MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS
IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS
AROUND 5 MPH EARLY BECOMING LIGHT. 
.TUESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
MORNING...THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.TUESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EARLY...THEN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE AT NIGHT. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN
THE LOWER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. 

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KAS