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SPOT FORECAST FOR DE SOTO 0813...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
934 AM CST THU FEB 26 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0940 CST ON FEBRUARY 26.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HAS INCREASED 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)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............63     70     73     74     72
RH..............100    87     70     63     77
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     S      S      S      SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9      14     16     16     13
20 FT WIND GUST.15     20     30     30     20
MIX HGT (FT)....3400   3800   4100   4000   3100
MIX HGT (M).....1040   1160   1250   1220   940
TRANSPORT WIND..S 25   S 28   S 30   S 33   S 35
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 11   S 13   S 13   S 15   S 16

.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     67     65     62     62     61
RH..............77     81     86     93     94     96
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   1800   2200   2900
MIX HGT (M).....790    610    520    550    670    880
TRANSPORT WIND..S 35   S 35   S 35   S 33   S 32   S 30
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 16   S 16   S 16   S 15   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............61        67        71        76
RH..............100       88        74        63
20 FT WIND DIR..SE        SE        S         S
20 FT WIND SPD..3         7         13        13
20 FT WIND GUST.5         10        15        15
MIX HGT (FT)....3500      4200      4500      4200
MIX HGT (M).....1070      1280      1370      1280
TRANSPORT WIND..S 29      S 29      S 29      S 30
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.02/JAN