FNUS74 KMEG 151244 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP-9...USDA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 644 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... BITTERLY COLD AIR WILL PUSH INTO THE MID-SOUTH TODAY AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE MOVES TOWARD THE REGION FROM THE NORTH. STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL FEED VERY DRY AIR INTO THE AREA TODAY. THERE WILL BE SOME LINGERING CLOUDS TODAY BUT NO PRECIPIATION. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL FALL INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWER TEENS...THE COLDEST IN ABOUT SIX YEARS. SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST FRIDAY. PROPER PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS EXTREME COLD. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMPERATURE.....27 28 28 28 RH (%)..........43 40 36 32 20FT WIND MPH...N 10 N 10 N 9 N 8 20FT WIND GUST..14 14 12 11 MIXHGT AGL FT...2545 2992 3392 3199 MIXHGT AGL M....775 911 1033 975 MIXHGT MSL FT...2844 3290 3690 3497 MIXHGT MSL M....866 1002 1124 1065 TRANS WND MPH...N 18 N 17 N 17 N 17 TRANS WND M/S...N 8 N 8 N 8 N 8 PRECIP CHC (%)..10 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 10 ABOVE. MAX HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMPERATURE.....24 19 16 14 12 11 RH (%)..........34 39 40 40 43 45 20FT WIND MPH...N 8 N 8 N 7 N 7 N 5 N 5 20FT WIND GUST..11 11 9 9 7 7 MIXHGT AGL FT...2589 2545 2590 2514 2181 1767 MIXHGT AGL M....789 775 789 766 664 538 MIXHGT MSL FT...2887 2844 2889 2812 2479 2066 MIXHGT MSL M....879 866 880 857 755 629 TRANS WND MPH...N 16 N 16 N 16 N 16 N 16 N 16 TRANS WND M/S...N 7 N 7 N 7 N 7 N 7 N 7 PRECIP CHC (%)..0 0 0 0 0 0 .FRIDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 28. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMPERATURE.....10 11 18 21 27 25 RH (%)..........48 46 33 28 23 26 20FT WIND MPH...N 3 NE 3 NE 3 NE 3 NE 3 E 2 20FT WIND GUST..4 4 4 4 4 2 MIXHGT AGL FT...1483 1613 2091 2664 2859 2607 MIXHGT AGL M....452 491 637 811 871 794 MIXHGT MSL FT...1781 1911 2389 2962 3157 2905 MIXHGT MSL M....542 582 728 902 962 885 TRANS WND MPH...NE 9 NE 9 NE 9 N 3 N 3 N 3 TRANS WND M/S...NE 4 NE 4 NE 4 N 1 N 1 N 1 PRECIP CHC (%)..0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...LOWERY REQUESTED BY...PAUL REYNOLDS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090115.COMP9.01/MEG