FNUS74 KHUN 171123 FWSHUN SPOT FORECAST FOR COLBERT FERRY EAST...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 523 AM CST TUE FEB 17 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP RAPIDLY TODAY ACROSS THE PLAINS STATES LENDING TO INCREASING SOUTHERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE RETURN TODAY AND TONIGHT. MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE THIS MORNING OVER THE BURN LOCATION. MIN RH SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT TODAY...AND INCREASE STEADILY THIS EVENING. RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED BEFORE MIDNIGHT...CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND HAIL. TIMES OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. BREEZY SOUTHWEST FLOW IS ANTICIPATED WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH LATE IN THE DAY SHIFTING WINDS FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHWEST. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 50. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1700-2300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 5 TO 13 MPH INCREASING TO 13 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR TEMP............38 44 49 50 RH..............57 48 40 39 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 9 S 9 S 9 MIX HGT (FT)....1700 2300 2300 1700 TRANSPORT WIND..S 13 S 15 S 15 S 13 DISPERSION IDX..27 31 31 22 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 20 20 20 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. CWR.................90 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......800-1300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 18 TO 21 MPH. 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............50 50 49 49 51 53 RH..............43 50 62 76 85 91 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 10 S 12 S 12 S 13 S 13 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 1300 800 900 900 800 TRANSPORT WIND..S 20 S 20 S 18 S 21 S 21 S 20 DISPERSION IDX..18 18 16 19 19 18 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 90 90 90 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MIN HUMIDITY........52 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 12 TO 14 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. CWR.................80 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 7800 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 17 TO 21 MPH INCREASING TO WEST AROUND 37 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............55 57 60 63 66 65 RH..............96 96 88 75 59 52 20 FT WIND......S 14 SW 14 SW 13 SW 13 W 13 W 12 MIX HGT (FT)....700 700 900 1200 1200 7800 TRANSPORT WIND..S 21 S 21 SW 21 SW 17 SW 17 W 37 DISPERSION IDX..21 21 25 24 24 133 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 50 50 50 $$ FORECASTER...KULA REQUESTED BY...SHAWN NAGLE TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090217.COLBE.01/HUN