FNUS74 KMEG 201111 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR C-127 128...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 611 AM CDT FRI MAR 20 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE MID SOUTH TODAY KEEPING MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES IN PLACE. THIS HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL TRIGGER A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS LATE FRIDAY NIGHT OVER MISSOURI...WHICH WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH ON SATURDAY. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD WEAKEN AS IT MOVES SOUTHEAST...SO MUCH OF THE RAINFALL WILL REMAIN CONFINED TO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL RETURN THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PLAINS STATES. THIS SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE EAST BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH INCREASING CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMPERATURE.....56 60 62 63 64 64 64 64 RH (%)..........50 42 37 35 34 33 32 33 20FTWND DIR.....NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20FTWND SPD MPH.9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 20FTWND GST MPH.12 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 MIXHGT AGL KFT..2.7 3.4 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.2 MIXHGT AGL KM...0.8 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 MIXHGT MSL KFT..3.1 3.8 4.3 4.7 4.9 5.0 4.8 4.5 MIXHGT MSL KM...0.9 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 TRANSWND DIR....E E E E E NE NE E TRANS SPD MPH...20 18 16 14 13 13 13 13 TRANS SPD (M/S).9 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 CATEGORY DAY....3 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 PRECIP CHC (%)..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39. MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY COVER.......MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR MCR PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMPERATURE.....64 60 57 55 53 51 49 48 46 44 43 41 RH (%)..........34 39 45 50 56 60 65 69 73 77 82 87 20FTWND DIR.....NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20FTWND SPD MPH.6 6 5 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 5 5 20FTWND GST MPH.8 8 7 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 7 7 MIXHGT AGL KFT..3.7 3.1 2.1 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MIXHGT AGL KM...1.1 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MIXHGT MSL KFT..4.1 3.4 2.5 1.4 0.6 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 MIXHGT MSL KM...1.2 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 TRANSWND DIR....E E E E E E E E E E E E TRANS SPD MPH...14 14 13 12 10 10 9 9 9 8 8 7 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 6 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 CATEGORY DAY....3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRECIP CHC (%)..0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 10 .SATURDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........45 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY COVER.......PC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC MC WEATHER COV..... SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW TEMPERATURE.....40 40 40 44 47 50 54 57 59 62 62 62 RH (%)..........93 93 96 85 77 69 60 54 49 45 45 46 20FTWND DIR.....E E E E E E E E E E E E 20FTWND SPD MPH.5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 20FTWND GST MPH.7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 MIXHGT AGL KFT..0.0 0.0 0.2 0.6 1.2 2.1 3.1 4.1 4.8 5.3 5.5 5.5 MIXHGT AGL KM...0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.7 MIXHGT MSL KFT..0.1 0.2 0.4 0.9 1.5 2.4 3.5 4.4 5.1 5.6 5.8 5.9 MIXHGT MSL KM...0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.7 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.8 TRANSWND DIR....E E E SE SE SE SE S SE SE SE SE TRANS SPD MPH...7 7 9 13 15 14 12 8 6 5 3 5 TRANS SPD (M/S).3 3 4 6 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 2 1 2 PRECIP CHC (%)..10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...HOWELL REQUESTED BY...JIM WALDEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090320.C1271.01/MEG