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SPOT FORECAST FOR LIBERTY HILL...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
654 AM CST SAT FEB 21 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 21.

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF A
FAST MOVING COLD FRONT. THE COMBINATION OF DRY AIR AND WARMER
TEMPERATURES WILL PRODUCE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FOR SEVERAL HOURS
THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS EAST ALABAMA. A COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE
SCATTERED SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE-QUARTER OF
AN INCH.


.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN
TEMP............41     49     54     57     52
RH..............41     29     24     22     28
20 FT WIND......SE 3   S 7    S 9    SW 10  SW 6
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      20
MIX HGT (FT)....2200   3900   5100   5000   2200
TRANSPORT WIND..S 10   S 14   S 18   S 22   S 17
DISPERSION......5      65     77     67     46

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............49     42     36     30     27     25
RH..............32     44     59     76     78     78
20 FT WIND......SW 3   W 3    NW 5   NW 6   NW 6   NW 5
CHC OF PCPN (%).60     60     60     60     60     60
MIX HGT (FT)....1000   800    1500   2200   2400   1900
TRANSPORT WIND..S 14   SW 10  W 12   W 15   NW 18  NW 18
DISPERSION......17     12     19     10     8      8

.SUNDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............26     32     37     41     44     44
RH..............69     52     40     33     27     27
20 FT WIND......N 5    NW 8   NW 12  NW 12  NW 12  NW 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....1600   3100   4500   5200   5300   4800
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 15  NW 18  NW 22  NW 22  NW 22  NW 21
DISPERSION......7      12     29     68     69     84

$$
FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...BLAKE MORRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090221.LIBER.01/BMX