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SPOT FORECAST FOR AFTERNOON HOMOCHITTO BB1...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
333 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1455 CDT ON APRIL 16.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. WILL SEE A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF SHOWERS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS GULF MOISTURE BEGINS TO SEEP
BACK INTO THE AREA. EAST WIND WILL SWITCH TO THE SOUTH FRIDAY WITH
INCREASING WIND SPEEDS FRIDAY MORNING. AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS WILL
DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AS MOISTURE INCREASES BUT NO FOG FORMATION IS
EXPECTED.

THIS FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED WITH NEW NUMBERS RECEIVED SINCE
THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON. DATA FOR TONIGHT HAS
BEEN BROKEN INTO 2 HOURLY COMPONENTS INSTEAD OF 1 HOURLY TO ALLOW
ROOM FOR MIXING HEIGHTS TO BE ISSUED IN METERS AS REQUESTED
INSTEAD OF KILOMETERS.


.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............70     62     56     55     55     55
RH..............56     59     81     84     83     83
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      E      E      E      E
20 FT WIND SPD..6      5      3      3      3      5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     5      5      5      10
MIX HGT (FT)....2700   4500   4400   3900   3500   3400
MIX HGT (M).....820    1370   1340   1190   1070   1040
TRANSPORT WIND..W 10   W 9    SW 9   SW 10  SW 10  SW 8
TRAN WIND (M/S).W 4    W 4    SW 4   SW 4   SW 4   SW 4

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............55     57     62     67     70     73
RH..............83     83     77     68     63     57
20 FT WIND DIR..E      E      SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..7      9      13     12     10     13
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....3000   2800   2800   3300   4500   5900
MIX HGT (M).....910    850    850    1010   1370   1800
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 7   SW 7   S 6    SW 3   SW 3   SW 6
TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 3   SW 3   S 3    SW 1   SW 1   SW 3

$$
FORECASTER...BURSE
REQUESTED BY...PATTI ROBERTSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090416.AFTER.01/JAN