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SPOT FORECAST FOR CAHABA RIVER NWR RX...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
942 PM CDT THU APR 16 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON APRIL 17.

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

.DISCUSSION...

MIXING HEIGHT...TRANSPORT WIND...AND DISPERSION NUMBERS WERE
RE-INITIALIZED WITH THIS EVENING'S COMPUTER MODEL DATA.  THE
REMAINING PARAMETERS ARE BASED ON THE FORECAST ISSUED THIS
AFTERNOON.

PREVAILING SURFACE WINDS WILL BE EAST TO SOUTHEAST...REACHING
THEIR PEAK SPEED AND GUSTINESS AROUND NOON.  NO RAIN IS EXPECTED
UNTIL SATURDAY.



.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............55     62     68     73     74
RH..............77     58     44     38     36
20 FT WIND......E 7    E 10   SE 10  SE 8   SE 7
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....1500   4300   5400   5600   5300
TRANSPORT WIND..E 14   E 18   E 17   E 15   E 13
DISPERSION......27     71     74     65     54

.FRIDAY NIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............71     66     61     56     52     50
RH..............41     51     64     74     85     91
20 FT WIND......SE 7   SE 5   E 2    SE 3   SE 3   SE 3
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....5300   3700   1100   500    400    300
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 15  SE 15  SE 12  SE 10  SE 9   E 7
DISPERSION......91     7      5      5      4      3

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FORECASTER...WESTLAND
REQUESTED BY...M WARD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20090417.CAHAB.01/BMX