173 FNUS53 KJKL 160849 FWFJKL FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 449 AM EDT FRI AUG 16 2013 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER NICE DAY IS IN STORE FOR MOST OF THE AREA TODAY AS HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 75 TO 80 DEGREES. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM PULASKI TO BELL COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. STARTING ON SATURDAY...THERE WILL BE CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WEEKEND AND THROUGH THE ENTIRE WORK WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE UPPER 70S THROUGH TUESDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL BE NEAR 60 AND THEN SNEAK UP A DEGREE OR TWO EACH NIGHT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-170200- 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 449 AM EDT FRI AUG 16 2013 .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. 24 HR TREND......3 DEGREES WARMER. MIN HUMIDITY........41-51 PERCENT. 24 HR TREND......1 PERCENT WETTER. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. LAL.................3. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......6700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 5 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....40. VENT RATE...........FAIR (39600 KNOT-FT). PROB OF PRECIP......10 PERCENT. QPF (INCHES)........0.04 INCHES. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. 24 HR TREND......6 DEGREES WARMER. MAX HUMIDITY........90-100 PERCENT. 24 HR TREND......UNCHANGED 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......10 PERCENT. QPF (INCHES)........NONE. .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. 24 HR TREND......2 DEGREES COOLER. MIN HUMIDITY........48-58 PERCENT. 24 HR TREND......7 PERCENT WETTER. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. LAL.................3. HAINES INDEX........4 OR LOW POTENTIAL FOR LARGE PLUME DOMINATED FIRE GROWTH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WIND......EAST AROUND 15 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....72. VENT RATE...........GOOD (72200 KNOT-FT). PROB OF PRECIP......40 PERCENT. QPF (INCHES)........0.07 INCHES. $$ .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SATURDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. LIGHT WINDS. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LIGHT WINDS. .SUNDAY NIGHT...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS. .MONDAY...PARTLY SUNNY WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. .MONDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LIGHT WINDS. .TUESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. LIGHT WINDS. .WEDNESDAY NIGHT...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. LIGHT WINDS. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY SUNNY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. LIGHT WINDS. $$ JJ