FNUS74 KBMX 031537 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR NEWYEAR...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 937 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0931 CST ON JANUARY 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...CLOUDY AND WET CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE NOTED AT THIS TIME. WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERLY WINDS BEGIN TO INCREASE AROUND NOON INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS COULD BE AS HIGH AS 10 KNOTS AND COULD INCREASE FURTHER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH LATE IN THE DAY AND EVENING. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). PATCHY DENSE FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG LATE IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........86 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1500-2400 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 12 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 17 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....8 INCREASING TO 19 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASING TO 33 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 21 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....WIDSPD WIDSPD S CHC LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 60 63 64 64 RH..............99 97 89 87 95 20 FT WIND......SE 2 S 5 S 7 S 7 S 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 MIX HGT (FT)....400 700 1500 2400 2100 TRANSPORT WIND..S 7 S 8 S 12 SW 17 S 16 DISPERSION......6 8 19 36 32 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). OCCASIONAL RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1000-1600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 18 TO 21 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....18 INCREASING TO 24 IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 57. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....OCNL OCNL OCNL OCNL OCNL OCNL WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............61 59 57 57 57 57 RH..............95 93 94 94 95 95 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 5 S 3 S 3 S 3 SW 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 1200 1300 1400 1600 1600 TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 S 13 S 16 S 18 S 21 S 20 DISPERSION......14 18 25 21 23 22 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MIN HUMIDITY........68 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1100-1600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 7 TO 16 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 6 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....16 DECREASING TO 9 IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............57 60 64 67 68 66 RH..............91 88 77 70 69 71 20 FT WIND......W 2 SW 3 SW 5 W 6 W 7 W 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).50 50 50 50 50 50 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1600 1500 1200 1200 1200 TRANSPORT WIND..S 16 S 12 S 8 SW 8 SW 7 SW 7 DISPERSION......18 13 5 12 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...LAWS REQUESTED BY...JOE SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20090103.NEWYE.01/BMX