Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
Issued by NWS Little Rock, AR
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Spot Forecast for Bunker Fire...Arkansas Department of Agriculture Forestry
National Weather Service Little Rock AR
732 AM CDT Thu Sep 17 2026
Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on September 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office at (501) 834-3955 and ask for the fire
weather forecaster if you have any questions or concerns with
this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Hot and dry conditions continue through the end of the week. Cannot
rule out a stray shower or thunderstorm in the vicinity later
this afternoon, but chances remain low. Should any activity occur,
some gusty and erratic winds are possible. Otherwise, winds will
be mainly light and variable, with a favor towards the easterly
and southeasterly directions.
.TODAY...
Max temperature.....75 at forecast start...Max 98.
Min humidity........87 percent at forecast start...Min 37 percent.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Stability class.....3.
LVORI...............1.
Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent). Slight chance of rain
late in the afternoon.
Dispersion..........12 increasing to 18 late in the afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Peak Category Day...3.
TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC
Weather cov..... SCH
Weather type.... RN
Tstm cov........
Temp............75 79 86 90 93 95 96 97 98 96
RH..............87 79 65 56 50 43 40 38 37 39
20 FT wind dir..S SW SW S SE SE E E E E
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust.4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
MixHgtAGL (kft).0.9 1.6 2.7 4.2 5.9 7.2 8.3 8.8 8.2 6.0
Category Day....1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Transp wind dir.S SW SW S SE E E E E E
Transp wind spd.6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 20
.TONIGHT...
Min temperature.....Min 71.
Max humidity........Max 87 percent.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Stability class.....6.
LVORI...............4.
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
Dispersion..........13 decreasing to 3 in the late evening and
overnight.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Peak Category Day...2.
TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky cover.......MCR MCR MCR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............96 92 85 82 80 79 77 76 74 74 73 72
RH..............39 46 57 63 67 70 74 76 82 83 84 86
20 FT wind dir..SE SE SE E E N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 FT wind gust.5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1
MixHgtAGL (kft).3.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Category Day....2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Transp wind dir.E E E SE SE SE SE S S S SW SW
Transp wind spd.6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
.FRIDAY...
Max temperature.....Max 99.
Min humidity........Min 32 percent.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Stability class.....3.
LVORI...............4 early in the morning.
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Dispersion..........2 increasing to 16 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Rainfall amount.....0.00 inches.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
Peak Category Day...3.
TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky cover.......CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR CLR MCR MCR MCR
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Temp............72 71 73 79 86 90 93 96 98 99 99 98
RH..............84 87 87 72 57 50 44 39 35 32 32 33
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N SW SE SE SE SE SE SE
20 FT wind spd..0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
20 FT wind gust. 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4
MixHgtAGL (kft).0.3 0.4 0.7 1.4 2.4 4.0 5.8 7.3 8.4 8.9 8.3 5.9
Category Day....1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
Transp wind dir.SW SW W W W SW S SE SE SE SE SE
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
$$
Forecaster...A Young
Requested by...Dale Pace
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2622060.0/LZK
.DELDT 09/17/26
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.EMAIL dale.pace@arkansas.gov