FNUS74 KJAN 261532
FWSJAN

SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO BLOCK 0815...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
932 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CST ON FEBRUARY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS INCREASING THIS MORNING AND
ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS
AFTERNOON AND WE WILL WARM INTO THE MID 70S. WARM AND HUMID
CONDITIONS WILL BE AROUND ON FRIDAY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.

LIGHT FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH VISIBILITIES FROM 4-6 MILES AFTER
MIDNIGHT BUT SSE SURFACE WIND AROUND 6 MPH WILL PROHIBIT HEAVIER
FOG FORMATION.


.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............67     72     74     73
RH..............96     76     65     66
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      SE
20 FT WIND SPD..12     15     15     15
20 FT WIND GUST.20     30     30     25
MIX HGT (FT)....3600   4000   4100   3600
MIX HGT (M).....1100   1220   1250   1100
TRANSPORT WIND..S 26   S 29   S 31   S 33
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 12   S 13   S 14   S 15

.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............68     66     65     63     63     62
RH..............78     81     86     92     93     95
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     S      S      S      SE
20 FT WIND SPD..10     9      8      6      3      3
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15     10     10     5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....2600   2000   1700   1700   2200   2900
MIX HGT (M).....790    610    520    520    670    880
TRANSPORT WIND..S 33   S 33   S 33   S 32   S 31   S 30
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 15   S 15   S 15   S 14   S 14   S 13

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM      9 AM      NOON      3 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY     MCLDY     MCLDY     MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                    CHANCE    CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE      NONE      RNSHWR    RNSHWR
TEMP............62        67        72        75
RH..............99        91        73        63
20 FT WIND DIR..SE        SE        S         S
20 FT WIND SPD..3         7         12        12
20 FT WIND GUST.5         10        15        15
MIX HGT (FT)....3600      4200      4400      4100
MIX HGT (M).....1100      1280      1340      1250
TRANSPORT WIND..S 29      S 28      S 28      S 29
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 13      S 13      S 13      S 13

$$
FORECASTER...BURSE
REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090226.DESOT.01/JAN