FNUS74 KMEG 201432
FWSMEG

SPOT FORECAST FOR C-74...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
832 AM CST TUE JAN 20 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CST ON JANUARY 20.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
SNOW FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH THIS MORNING
AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.  DRY CONDITIONS
WILL RETURN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUE.
DRY WEATHER AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN TONIGHT
AND INTO WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE MIDSOUTH.
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ALLOWING SOME
WARMER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE AREA.


.TODAY...

MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.

TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY COVER.......MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMPERATURE.....31     34     37     35
RH (%)..........46     39     38     41
20FT WIND MPH...N 10   N 12   N 12   N 9
20FT WIND GUST..14     16     16     12
MIXHGT AGL FT...5191   5370   5019   4296
MIXHGT AGL M....1582   1636   1529   1309
MIXHGT MSL FT...5598   5777   5425   4702
MIXHGT MSL M....1706   1760   1653   1433
TRANS WND MPH...N 21   N 20   N 18   N 18
TRANS WND M/S...N 9    N 9    N 8    N 8
CATEGORY DAY....4      4      4      4

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
MIXHGT AGL FT...3458   2848   2280   1746   1369   962
MIXHGT AGL M....1053   868    694    532    417    293
MIXHGT MSL FT...3865   3254   2686   2153   1776   1369
MIXHGT MSL M....1178   991    818    656    541    417
TRANS WND MPH...N 17   N 15   N 13   N 9    W 3    SW 2
TRANS WND M/S...N 8    N 7    N 6    N 4    W 1    SW 1
CATEGORY DAY....4      3      3      2      1      1

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
MIXHGT AGL FT...724    1377   1922   2088   2358   1900
MIXHGT AGL M....220    419    585    636    718    579
MIXHGT MSL FT...1131   1784   2329   2495   2765   2306
MIXHGT MSL M....344    543    709    760    842    702
TRANS WND MPH...S 6    SW 8   SW 9   SW 10  SW 12  SW 13
TRANS WND M/S...S 3    SW 4   SW 4   SW 4   SW 5   SW 6
CATEGORY DAY....1      1      2      2      2      2

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FORECASTER...SNIEZAK
REQUESTED BY...JIM WALDEN - AFMO
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090120.C74__.01/MEG