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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUAIL BLOCKS 2 4 6 8 10...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
749 AM CST WED MAR 4 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 04.

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

.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)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............39     47     53     56     50
RH..............42     29     22     19     26
20 FT WIND......SE 3   S 5    S 6    SW 6   S 2
MIX HGT (FT)....3200   4100   4500   4400   2600
TRANSPORT WIND..S 13   S 10   S 8    S 8    S 8
DISPERSION......6      50     43     42     27

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
RH..............35     51     63     73     75     77
20 FT WIND......S 2    SE 1   E 1    NE 1   NE 1   E 1
MIX HGT (FT)....1700   900    600    600    400    300
TRANSPORT WIND..S 8    S 9    SE 10  SE 12  SE 7   SE 7
DISPERSION......18     10     7      5      3      3

.THURSDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............29     40     50     59     63     65
RH..............82     62     46     34     31     30
20 FT WIND......E 2    E 3    SE 5   S 7    S 7    S 6
MIX HGT (FT)....400    1400   2600   3800   4100   3900
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 10  S 12   S 12   S 13   S 14   S 16
DISPERSION......5      5      8      46     52     75

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FORECASTER...LINHARES
REQUESTED BY...JOE SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090304.QUAIL.01/BMX