National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Fire Weather Forecast (Stone County)

LAST UPDATED: 256 PM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

.DISCUSSION... WARM...MUGGY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN
TODAY THROUGH MID WEEK ACROSS THE AREA. RAIN CHANCES WILL
GRADUALLY INCREASE TONIGHT OVER NORTHWEST ARKANSAS...THEN SPREAD
OVER THE REST OF THE STATE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BEFORE
PUSHING EAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. CHANCES FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE FOR TUESDAY TO TUESDAY NIGHT AS A STORM
SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE STATE. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME
SEVERE. DRIER AND CALMER CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN FOR MID WEEK AS
THE SYSTEM PUSHES EAST. THE NEXT COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
SOUTH TOWARDS THE STATE...AND STALLS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS
OF THE STATE LATE THIS WEEKEND. AS A RESULT...SOME RAIN CHANCES
WILL RETURN TO THE STATE LATE THIS WEEK INTO THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND.

                      TONIGHT      MON          MON NIGHT    TUE

CLOUD COVER           PCLDY        PCLDY        PCLDY        MCLDY        
CHANCE PRECIP (%)     0            20           50           70           
PRECIP TYPE           NONE         TSTRMS       TSTRMS       TSTRMS       
TEMP (24H TREND)      65 (-4)      82 (-4)      67           79           
MX/MN RH% (24H TREND) 88 (-10)     64 (+10)     93           67           
20FTWND-AM(MPH)                    S 12 G20                  SW  8 G15    
20FTWND-PM(MPH)       S 13         S 10 G21     S  8         S 10         
PRECIP AMOUNT         0.00         0.01         0.67         0.49         
PRECIP DURATION       0            1            2            9            
MIXING HGT(FT-MSL)                 3528                      3897         
MIXING HGT(FT-AGL)                 2871                      3240         
CATEGORY DAY                       4                         4            
TRANSPORT WND (MPH)                S 24                      S 25         
VENT RATE (M/S-M)                  11825                     13068        
DISPERSION INDEX                   38                        41           
LVORI                 1                         1                         
HAINES INDEX          4            4            3            3            
STABILITY CLASS       D            D            D            C            
MIX HGT 500 (F)                    78                        78