FNUS74 KMEG 151213 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR WIRE RD UNITS 5 6...USFS ST. FRANCIS NF NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 613 AM CST THU JAN 15 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0620 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 ONLY A FEW FLURRIES AT MOST WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING. 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 27. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY COVER.......MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMPERATURE.....23 24 25 25 27 27 RH (%)..........51 47 43 40 34 32 20FT WIND MPH...N 13 N 13 N 12 N 12 N 9 N 8 20FT WIND GUST..18 18 16 16 12 11 MIXHGT AGL FT...2488 2496 2703 3101 3412 3171 MIXHGT AGL M....758 760 823 945 1039 966 MIXHGT MSL FT...2786 2794 3002 3399 3711 3470 MIXHGT MSL M....849 851 915 1036 1131 1057 TRANS WND MPH...N 20 N 20 N 20 N 16 N 16 N 16 TRANS WND M/S...N 9 N 9 N 9 N 7 N 7 N 7 PRECIP CHC (%)..10 10 10 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 11. MAX HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY COVER.......PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMPERATURE.....22 19 17 15 14 13 RH (%)..........37 40 42 45 48 50 20FT WIND MPH...N 7 N 7 N 6 N 6 N 5 N 3 20FT WIND GUST..9 9 8 8 7 4 MIXHGT AGL FT...2616 2915 2896 2395 2089 1865 MIXHGT AGL M....797 888 882 729 636 568 MIXHGT MSL FT...2914 3214 3194 2693 2388 2163 MIXHGT MSL M....888 979 973 820 727 659 TRANS WND MPH...NE 14 NE 14 NE 14 NE 12 NE 12 NE 12 TRANS WND M/S...NE 6 NE 6 NE 6 NE 5 NE 5 NE 5 PRECIP CHC (%)..0 0 0 0 0 0 .FRIDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29. MIN HUMIDITY........26 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.....11 12 18 22 28 26 RH (%)..........53 52 39 32 26 29 20FT WIND MPH...N 2 NE 2 E 3 E 3 E 3 SE 3 20FT WIND GUST..2 2 4 4 4 4 MIXHGT AGL FT...1741 1752 2033 2485 2860 2623 MIXHGT AGL M....530 534 619 757 871 799 MIXHGT MSL FT...2039 2051 2332 2783 3159 2921 MIXHGT MSL M....621 625 710 848 962 890 TRANS WND MPH...E 8 E 8 E 8 S 2 S 2 S 2 TRANS WND M/S...E 4 E 4 E 4 S 1 S 1 S 1 PRECIP CHC (%)..0 0 0 0 0 0 $$ FORECASTER...LOWERY REQUESTED BY...JOHN CROCKETT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090115.WIRER.01/MEG