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SPOT FORECAST FOR HICKORY GROVE...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
902 AM CST SUN FEB 1 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON FEBRUARY 01.

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

.DISCUSSION...INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW TODAY WILL BRING
WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. RAIN WILL SPREAD INTO WEST
ALABAMA AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA ON MONDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING AN END TO
THE RAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR MOVES IN BEHIND THE
FRONT.

AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES SHOULD REMAIN IN THE MID 30S
MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 10 MPH.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............52     57     60     59
RH..............50     38     34     36
20 FT WIND......SW 7   SW 9   SW 10  SW 8
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....2100   5200   6700   6100
TRANSPORT WIND..S 13   SW 16  SW 17  SW 17
DISPERSION......32     68     80     78

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............53     48     45     44     43     41
RH..............46     58     70     73     74     79
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 3    S 3    SW 2   W 2    NW 3
CHC OF PCPN (%).50     50     50     50     50     50
MIX HGT (FT)....4000   1500   200    300    300    200
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 15  S 12   S 9    S 7    S 6    S 7
DISPERSION......10     8      8      6      5      6

.MONDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE
TEMP............40     41     43     46     48     47
RH..............78     73     66     57     47     45
20 FT WIND......N 5    N 6    N 8    N 10   N 12   NW 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).60     60     60     60     60     60
MIX HGT (FT)....400    1300   1600   1300   2400   2600
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10  NW 16  N 15   N 8    N 14   N 18
DISPERSION......7      25     25     13     29     54

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FORECASTER...LINHARES
REQUESTED BY...NIKKA JEFFERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090201.HICKO.01/BMX