FNUS73 KGID 081432
FWSGID

SPOT FORECAST FOR ATLANTA...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
932 AM CDT WED APR 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 08.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...IT WILL BE ANOTHER MILD DAY TODAY AS HIGH
TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE MID TO UPPER 60S. WINDS WILL START
OUT FROM THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH LATE THIS
MORNING...THEN SHIFT TO THE EAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON...EVENTUALLY
BECOMING SOUTHEASTERLY BY MID AFTERNOON. SPEEDS WILL INCREASE BY
MID AFTERNOON TO AROUND 10 TO 15 MPH. WITH THE MILD TEMPERATURES...MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL FALL TO 25 TO 30 PERCENT THIS
AFTERNOON. A CHANCE FOR RAIN SHOWERS ARRIVES AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...WITH WETTING RAIN AND SOME LIGHT SNOW LIKELY TOMORROW
INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO BE MUCH COOLER TOMORROW
WITH HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE LOWER 40S.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67.
MIN HUMIDITY........27 PERCENT AROUND 4 PM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH LATE THIS MORNING...
                    SHIFTING TO THE EAST THEN SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........5 TO 6.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1700 FT AGL AROUND 11 AM...INCREASING TO 4500 FT AGL
                    THIS AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 8 TO 14 MPH.

.TONIGHT...
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 38.
MAX HUMIDITY........81 PERCENT AROUND 7 AM.
20-FOOT WINDS.......EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........4 TO 5.
MIXING HEIGHT.......AROUND 3000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING...FALLING TO
                    LESS THAN 300 FT AGL BY 10 PM.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 18 MPH.

.THURSDAY...
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN AND SNOW LIKELY.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41.
MIN HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.
20-FOOT WINDS.......NORTHEAST WINDS 12 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
                    AROUND 25 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......2900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 25 TO 30 MPH.

.FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...
.FRIDAY...WARMER. MOSTLY CLOUDY. SNOW LIKELY. LOWS AROUND 30.
HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH.
.SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 50S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH.
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE UPPER
30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. EAST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH.
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN. LOWS IN THE UPPER
30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S.
.TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID
50S.

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FORECASTER...NWS
REQUESTED BY...BRUCE WINTER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090408.ATLAN.01/GID