National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Fire Weather Forecast (Little River County)

LAST UPDATED: 707 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

.DISCUSSION... A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT IS EASING IN FROM THE
NORTHEAST WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR ON TAP FOR THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.
THE FRONT HAS MOVED PAST TEXARKANA...EL DORADO AND MONROE WHERE
NORTHEAST WINDS OF 12 MPH ARE GUSTING TO 18 MPH AT THIS WRITING.
WE MAY SEE SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS OR EVEN AN ISOLATED COUPLE OF
THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF
THE FRONT. SO TIMING WITH DAYTIME HEATING WOULD BE FOR MAINLY
EAST TEXAS...BUT INITIATION MAY OCCUR FIRST IN LA OR AR IN THE
COMING HOURS. EXPECT NORTHEAST WINDS FOR ONLY ABOUT A DAY AS THE
HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES OFF TO THE EAST OVER THE WEEKEND. THEN
EXPECT THE WARM AND MOIST SOUTHERLY FLOW TO RESUME...ALONG WITH
THAT SUMMER LIKE FEEL OF LATE.

                      TODAY        TONIGHT      SAT

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        
PRECIP TYPE           TSTMS        NONE         TSTMS        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     20           0            20           
TEMP (24H TREND)      80 (-3)      58 (-7)      83           
RH % (24H TREND)      53 (+3)      91 (+5)      44           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)       NE  9 G16                 E  6         
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       E  8         NE  4        SE  8        
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.02         0.00         0.01         
PRECIP DURATION       1            0            0            
MIXING HGT(M-MSL)     1409         75           1677         
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)    4624         246          5502         
TRANSPORT WND (M/S)   E  7         E  7         S  5         
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)   E 16         E 15         S 10         
VENT RATE (M^2/S)     9863         525          8385         
CATEGORY DAY          4            1            4            
MIX HGT 500 TEMP(F)   66                        70           
STABILITY CLASS       C            F            C