FNUS74 KJAN 061237
FWSJAN

SPOT FORECAST FOR BLOCK 42...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
637 AM CST FRI FEB 6 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TODAY...BUT RH VALUES WILL
NOT BE AS LOW AS YESTERDAY. LOOK FOR MINIMUM RH VALUES TODAY BETWEEN
37-42 PERCENT AS HIGHS REACH THE LOWER 70S. LOOK FOR BREEZY SOUTHERLY
WINDS TODAY. AT TIMES...SUSTAINED WINDS WILL APPROACH 12-15 MPH WITH
SOME HIGHER GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH. THE GREATEST WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS
WILL OCCUR FROM LATE MORNING AROUND 11 AM UNTIL AROUND 4 PM BEFORE
BEGINNING TO SLACK OFF THIS AFTERNOON. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL
INCREASE EACH DAY...BUT WINDS WILL ALSO BE DECENT EACH DAY AS WELL.
NEXT DECENT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL COME MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH LINGERING
CHANCES THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE
THROUGH THE REGION WEDNESDAY BRINGING THE BEST SHOT OF RAIN.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............47     60     67     70     68
RH..............83     57     45     40     43
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..8      13     14     12     10
20 FT WIND GUST.15     25     25     20     15
MIX HGT (FT)....700    2800   4500   4800   4600
MIX HGT (M).....210    850    1370   1460   1400
TRANSPORT WIND..S 12   S 16   S 17   S 17   S 20
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 5    S 7    S 8    S 8    S 9

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............64     59     54     52     51     51
RH..............50     61     74     83     85     87
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      S      SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9      9      9      8      8      8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....4100   2100   800    400    400    300
MIX HGT (M).....1250   640    240    120    120    90
TRANSPORT WIND..S 20   S 16   S 15   S 15   S 10   S 7
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 9    S 7    S 7    S 7    S 4    S 3

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY     PCLDY     PCLDY     PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      NONE      NONE
TEMP............50        57        70        73
RH..............90        78        50        45
20 FT WIND DIR..SE        SE        S         S
20 FT WIND SPD..8         12        15        14
20 FT WIND GUST.10        20        30        25
MIX HGT (FT)....300       1700      4700      4500
MIX HGT (M).....90        520       1430      1370
TRANSPORT WIND..S 8       S 20      S 20      S 18
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 4       S 9       S 9       S 8

$$
FORECASTER...WESTER
REQUESTED BY...TERRY OWEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090206.BLOCK.01/JAN