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FNUS54 KLZK 111956
FWFLZK

FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR A LARGE PART OF ARKANSAS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

.DISCUSSION...
HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION IN THE WAKE OF 
THE STRONG COLD FRONT THAT BROUGHT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE AREA 
SATURDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL SLACKEN THROUGH THE EVENING AND RETURN 
TO THE SOUTHEAST BY MORNING. AFTER A QUIET DAY MONDAY...MOISTURE 
WILL RETURN TUESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL INCREASE TUESDAY 
NIGHT WITH RAIN LIKELY WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SOUTH 
THURSDAY WITH LOCALLY HEAVY AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. SEVERE WEATHER WILL 
ONCE AGAIN BE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH THE PASSAGE OF 
AN INTENSE UPPER SYSTEM.


ARZ003>007-012>016-023-024-121245-
BAXTER-BOONE-CLEBURNE-FULTON-INDEPENDENCE-IZARD-MARION-NEWTON-
SEARCY-SHARP-STONE-VAN BUREN-
330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

                      TONIGHT      MON          MON NIGHT    TUE          

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR       PCLDY        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            30           
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         TSTRMS       
TEMP (24H TREND)      41 (-10)     75 (+10)     52           75           
MX/MN RH% (24H TREND) 73 (-25)     33 (-1)      81           57           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)                    W  3                      S  8         
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       NW  8 G22    S  6         SE  7        S  9         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.28         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            2            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 4426                      3728         
CATEGORY DAY                       3                         4            
TRANSPORT WND (M/S)                SE  5                     S 12         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                SE 11                     S 27         
VENT RATE (M/S-M)                  6745                      13632        
DISPERSION INDEX                   22                        0            
HAINES INDEX          2            2            2            2            
STABILITY CLASS       F            B            F            C            
MIX HGT 500 (F)                    56                        67           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS
5 TO 10 MPH. 
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 50. HIGHS IN THE LOWER
70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 

$$

ARZ021-022-030>032-038-121245-
CONWAY-FAULKNER-JOHNSON-LOGAN-POPE-YELL-
330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

                      TONIGHT      MON          MON NIGHT    TUE          

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR       PCLDY        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            30           
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         TSTRMS       
TEMP (24H TREND)      42 (-11)     77 (+9)      55           77           
MX/MN RH% (24H TREND) 74 (-24)     32 (-2)      85           62           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)                    SE  3                     S  7         
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       NW  7 G20    S  6         SE  6        S 10         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.28         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            2            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 4318                      3641         
CATEGORY DAY                       3                         4            
TRANSPORT WND (M/S)                SE  5                     S 11         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                SE 12                     S 25         
VENT RATE (M/S-M)                  6580                      12210        
DISPERSION INDEX                   19                        0            
HAINES INDEX          2            2            2            2            
STABILITY CLASS       F            B            F            C            
MIX HGT 500 (F)                    59                        68           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS AROUND 60.
HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 70. NORTH WINDS 15 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 

$$

ARZ025-033-034-044>047-121245-
JACKSON-LONOKE-MONROE-PRAIRIE-PULASKI-WHITE-WOODRUFF-
330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

                      TONIGHT      MON          MON NIGHT    TUE          

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR       PCLDY        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            30           
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         TSTRMS       
TEMP (24H TREND)      46 (-10)     76 (+6)      54           78           
MX/MN RH% (24H TREND) 73 (-24)     33 (-2)      83           57           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)                    NW  3                     S  8         
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       NW  7 G20    S  4         SE  5        S 11         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.20         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            2            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 4251                      3591         
CATEGORY DAY                       3                         4            
TRANSPORT WND (M/S)                SE  4                     S 10         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                SE 10                     S 23         
VENT RATE (M/S-M)                  5184                      10950        
DISPERSION INDEX                   25                        0            
HAINES INDEX          2            2            2            2            
STABILITY CLASS       F            B            F            C            
MIX HGT 500 (F)                    60                        72           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER
60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 MPH. 
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 70S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID
70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 

$$

ARZ037-039>043-052-121245-
GARLAND-MONTGOMERY-PERRY-PIKE-POLK-SALINE-SCOTT-
330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

                      TONIGHT      MON          MON NIGHT    TUE          

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR       PCLDY        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            30           
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         TSTRMS       
TEMP (24H TREND)      42 (-13)     78 (+6)      56           78           
MX/MN RH% (24H TREND) 76 (-20)     32 (-2)      86           63           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)                    E  4                      S  8         
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       NW  7 G20    SE  6        SE  8        S 10         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.27         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            2            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 4380                      3665         
CATEGORY DAY                       4                         4            
TRANSPORT WND (M/S)                SE  6                     S 12         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                SE 14                     S 26         
VENT RATE (M/S-M)                  8010                      13404        
DISPERSION INDEX                   19                        0            
HAINES INDEX          2            2            2            2            
STABILITY CLASS       F            B            F            C            
MIX HGT 500 (F)                    61                        70           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID
60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 10 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. NORTH WINDS
10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 50S. HIGHS IN THE
MID 70S. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 

$$

ARZ053>057-062>069-121245-
ARKANSAS-BRADLEY-CALHOUN-CLARK-CLEVELAND-DALLAS-DESHA-DREW-GRANT-
HOT SPRING-JEFFERSON-LINCOLN-OUACHITA-
330 PM CDT SUN MAY 11 2008

                      TONIGHT      MON          MON NIGHT    TUE          

CLOUD COVER           MCLEAR       MCLEAR       MCLEAR       PCLDY        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            30           
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         TSTRMS       
TEMP (24H TREND)      44 (-16)     80 (+4)      57           80           
MX/MN RH% (24H TREND) 76 (-18)     32 (0)       89           58           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)                    NE  3                     S  7         
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       NW  7 G19    SE  4        SE  5        S 10         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         0.17         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            2            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 4214                      3565         
CATEGORY DAY                       3                         4            
TRANSPORT WND (M/S)                SE  5                     S 10         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                SE 11                     S 21         
VENT RATE (M/S-M)                  6420                      10870        
DISPERSION INDEX                   19                        0            
HAINES INDEX          2            2            2            2            
STABILITY CLASS       F            B            F            C            
MIX HGT 500 (F)                    63                        74           

REMARKS...NONE.

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.WEDNESDAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE MID
60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 MPH. 
.THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTHEAST WINDS
10 MPH. 
.FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. NORTH WINDS 5 TO
10 MPH. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S. WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 
.SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER
70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 

$$

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