National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Fire Weather Forecast (Baxter County)

LAST UPDATED: 515 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013

.DISCUSSION... A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER WESTERN TO SOUTHERN ARKANSAS
TODAY AND FRIDAY...AS AN UPPER SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE AREA. ALSO A
COLD FRONT WILL SAG INTO ARKANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND HELP
KEEP THE SMALL CHANCE OF CONVECTION OVER WESTERN TO SOUTHWESTERN
AREAS.  OVER THE WEEKEND...ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL
MOVE MORE OVER NORTHWESTERN ARKANSAS ON SATURDAY...AND A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE. OVERALL COVERAGE AND RAIN
AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOW. A DRIER ATMOSPHERE WILL BE
SEEN TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH A NORTHEAST TO EAST SURFACE WIND
FLOW AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAINLY IN THE 40S PERCENT RANGE
IN THE AFTERNOONS. A BIT MORE MOISTURE RETURN TO THE AREA LATER
SATURDAY TO SUNDAY WITH A SOUTH WIND FLOW.

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      FRI

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLEAR       
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            0            0            
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         NONE         NONE         
TEMP (24H TREND)      78 (-1)      50 (-6)      72           
MX/MN RH% (24H TREND) 49 (+2)      85 (-10)     45           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)       NW  5                     E  8         
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       NW  8        N  8         E  8         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.00         0.00         
PRECIP DURATION       0            0            0            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)    4703                      4491         
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)    3601                      3388         
CATEGORY DAY          4                         4            
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   NW 13                     E 15         
VENT RATE (M/S-M)     8598                      9583         
DISPERSION INDEX      23                        33           
LVORI                              1                         
HAINES INDEX          3            3            3            
STABILITY CLASS       C            D            D            
MIX HGT 500 (F)       69                        54