FNUS74 KJAN 261253 FWSJAN SPOT FORECAST FOR C 23...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 653 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON FEBRUARY 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS THIS MORNING TO PERSIST THROUGHOUT A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY...ALTHOUGH A FEW BREAKS OF SUNSHINE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS ABOVE THE GROUND WILL MIX TO THE GROUND MORE AND MORE AS THE DAY GOES ON...WITH GUSTS OVER 25 MPH EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CHANCES OF RAIN TODAY WILL BE VERY LOW...BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE LIKELY ON FRIDAY (WHEN HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE). MOST OF THE RAIN WILL COME TO AN END EARLY SUNDAY AS A STRONG COLD FRONT COMES THROUGH THE REGION. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY CDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............64 67 70 72 73 74 73 72 RH..............80 77 72 66 61 58 60 64 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..12 14 15 15 16 16 16 15 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 25 30 30 30 30 25 MIX HGT (KFT)...2.9 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.8 3.3 MIX HGT (KM)....0.9 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.0 TRANSP WIND DIR.S S S S S S S S TRANSP WIND SPD.21 24 28 31 33 37 39 41 TRANS SPD (M/S).9 11 13 14 15 17 17 18 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............69 67 65 64 64 63 RH..............75 82 86 88 89 90 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..15 15 15 12 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 15 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2900 2400 2200 2200 2100 2100 MIX HGT (M).....880 730 670 670 640 640 TRANSPORT WIND..S 44 S 45 S 45 S 43 S 39 S 36 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 20 S 20 S 20 S 19 S 17 S 16 $$ FORECASTER...BRYANT REQUESTED BY...BRAD BERNARDY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090226.C23__.01/JAN