FNUS74 KMEG 231311 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR C-57...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 811 AM CDT MON MAR 23 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0820 CDT ON MARCH 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WARM AND DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE TODAY INTO TUESDAY WITH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUING. ON TUESDAY...A POTENT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION WILL LIFT NORTHEAST INTO THE MID AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THIS WILL SEND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. RAIN WILL TAPER OFF EARLY WEDNESDAY WITH DRY WEATHER BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE END OF THE WEEK. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMPERATURE.....52 54 57 61 64 67 70 73 73 73 RH (%)..........82 77 69 59 52 45 40 36 36 36 20FTWND DIR.....S S S S S S S S S S 20FTWND SPD MPH.6 7 9 10 12 12 13 12 12 10 20FTWND GST MPH.8 9 12 14 16 16 18 16 16 14 MIXHGT AGL KFT..0.8 1.8 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 MIXHGT AGL KM...0.2 0.5 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 MIXHGT MSL KFT..1.1 2.2 3.1 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.1 MIXHGT MSL KM...0.3 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.9 TRANSWND DIR....S S S S S S S S SE S TRANS SPD MPH...12 18 23 24 23 22 22 21 21 22 TRANS SPD (M/S).5 8 10 11 10 10 10 9 9 10 CATEGORY DAY....1 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 PRECIP CHC (%)..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 55. MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM SKY COVER.......PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMPERATURE.....73 68 66 65 64 61 60 59 58 58 57 57 RH (%)..........36 42 46 49 51 56 60 61 64 66 69 72 20FTWND DIR.....SE SE SE SE SE SE S S S S S SE 20FTWND SPD MPH.9 8 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 20FTWND GST MPH.12 11 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 MIXHGT AGL KFT..2.3 1.9 1.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MIXHGT AGL KM...0.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 MIXHGT MSL KFT..2.8 2.4 1.7 0.9 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 MIXHGT MSL KM...0.9 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 TRANSWND DIR....S S S SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE SE TRANS SPD MPH...22 22 18 15 12 12 12 13 12 9 9 12 TRANS SPD (M/S).10 10 8 7 5 5 5 6 5 4 4 5 CATEGORY DAY....3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 PRECIP CHC (%)..10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 .TUESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MIN HUMIDITY........51 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..... CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC WEATHER TYPE.... RW RW RW RW RW TEMPERATURE.....56 56 56 58 60 64 67 69 71 73 73 73 RH (%)..........76 78 82 79 75 67 62 59 56 52 52 52 20FTWND DIR.....SE SE S S S S S S S S SE S 20FTWND SPD MPH.8 9 9 12 13 14 14 15 16 16 16 16 20FTWND GST MPH.11 12 12 16 18 19 19 21 22 22 22 22 MIXHGT AGL KFT..0.0 0.0 0.4 0.9 1.4 1.8 2.0 2.3 2.8 3.2 3.5 3.5 MIXHGT AGL KM...0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.1 MIXHGT MSL KFT..0.3 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.9 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.3 3.7 4.0 4.0 MIXHGT MSL KM...0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 TRANSWND DIR....S S S S S S S S S S S S TRANS SPD MPH...14 17 20 22 23 24 25 26 28 28 29 31 TRANS SPD (M/S).6 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 13 13 13 14 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 PRECIP CHC (%)..10 10 10 10 10 10 40 40 40 40 40 40 $$ FORECASTER...HOWELL REQUESTED BY...JIM WALDEN AFMO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20090323.C57__.01/MEG