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SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKORY GROVE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
732 AM CST TUE JAN 27 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON JANUARY 27.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

LOW MIXING HEIGHTS WILL KEEP THE DISPERSIONS SOMEWHAT POOR UNTIL THIS
AFTERNOON. LATEST DATA AND RADAR TRENDS SUGGEST RAINFALL CHANCES ARE
LESS THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED SO HAVE DROPPED POPS DOWN TO 30 PERCENT
FOR THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHS SHOULD TOP OUT IN THE MID 60S. SOUTHERLY
TRANSPORT WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL HELP TO CREATE
GOOD DISPERSIONS.

FOR TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA AND
BRING WIDESPREAD SHOWERS LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING. SOME
MIXING WITH SNOW IS POSSIBLE TOMORROW. MUCH COOLER TOMORROW WITH
NORTHERLY WINDS.


.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....NONE   NONE   CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............52     53     60     63     63
RH..............86     88     71     59     61
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 5    S 7    S 9    S 8
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      20     30     30
MIX HGT (FT)....500    1400   2800   4000   3700
TRANSPORT WIND..S 13   S 20   S 26   SW 28  SW 29
DISPERSION......11     13     61     76     77

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............60     59     57     54     53     51
RH..............70     73     75     77     77     80
20 FT WIND......S 7    S 8    S 8    S 8    S 8    SW 7
CHC OF PCPN (%).90     90     90     90     90     90
MIX HGT (FT)....2200   1400   1200   1400   1600   1400
TRANSPORT WIND..S 29   S 24   S 25   S 30   SW 17  W 9
DISPERSION......59     39     36     33     19     10

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
TEMP............48     45     42     41     40     38
RH..............82     85     84     81     77     73
20 FT WIND......SW 7   W 10   W 12   NW 9   NW 8   NW 8
CHC OF PCPN (%).100    100    100    100    100    100
MIX HGT (FT)....900    1300   1900   2300   2600   2500
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 10  W 15   W 18   NW 18  NW 15  NW 12
DISPERSION......9      17     21     38     33     25

$$
FORECASTER...GARRISON
REQUESTED BY...NIKKA JEFFERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090127.HICKO.01/BMX