FNUS74 KBMX 041300 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR OTTER BRANCH...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 700 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CST ON MARCH 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SURFACE DEW POINTS START THE RECOVERY PROCESS TODAY...BUT TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALSO WARM UP. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THAT CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF LESS THAN 25 PERCENT WILL BE ACHIEVED ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. BUT THE TIME CRITERIA OF 4 OR MORE HOURS WILL ONLY BE REACHED IN THE PREVIOUS WATCH AREA... ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65. THEREFORE...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL RUN FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR EASTERN AREAS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ONLY DROP TO AROUND 30 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY.............MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............40 46 53 57 59 55 RH..............61 39 30 25 23 33 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 7 S 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....1800 3000 3600 4000 3900 2200 TRANSPORT WIND..S 12 S 14 SW 10 S 7 S 9 S 12 DISPERSION......8 6 43 33 37 28 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 45 41 40 38 37 RH..............33 43 55 62 73 82 20 FT WIND......S 5 SE 3 SE 2 SE 2 SE 3 SE 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 800 600 500 400 300 TRANSPORT WIND..S 12 S 10 S 12 S 13 S 9 S 7 DISPERSION......20 11 10 6 4 5 .THURSDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............35 46 54 60 65 67 RH..............92 68 57 47 40 37 20 FT WIND......SE 3 S 6 S 9 S 13 S 14 S 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....400 1200 2600 3800 4000 3400 TRANSPORT WIND..S 7 S 13 S 16 S 18 S 20 S 20 DISPERSION......5 8 11 49 54 50 $$ FORECASTER...ALLEN REQUESTED BY...CLARK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090304.OTTER.01/BMX