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SPOT FORECAST FOR IVORYSITEPREP74ACRES...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
831 AM CST SUN NOV 8 2009

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON NOVEMBER 08.

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

.DISCUSSION...

DISPERSION VALUES INCREASE ABOVE 21 BY 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON...
REMAINING AT OR ABOVE THAT VALUE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WITH THE APPROACH
OF HURRICANE IDA AND A TIGHTENING PRESSURE GRADIENT...WINDS WILL NOT
DIMINISH OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND WILL BE GUSTY MONDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. DISPERSION VALUES INCREASE ABOVE 21 AGAIN BY 10 AM MONDAY
MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL EXIST AFTER 12 PM
TOMORROW. CHANCES WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS OF
SCATTERED SHOWERS. HEAVIER AREAS OF RAIN WILL NOT ARRIVE UNTIL AFTER
6 PM TOMORROW.

FORECAST WILL BE UPDATED AT 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON...IF ANOTHER SPOT
REQUEST IS NEEDED FOR THIS EVENING OR TOMORROW MORNING.


.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     68     74     75     65
RH..............63     40     30     29     46
20 FT WIND......E 2    E 5    E 5    E 3    E 2
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....1400   2400   3100   3200   1900
TRANSPORT WIND..E 3    SE 5   SE 6   SE 8   SE 16
DISPERSION......2      14     22     32     39

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
RH..............62     79     83     80     75     82
20 FT WIND......E 1    E 1    E 1    E 1    E 2    E 2
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....1200   900    800    600    600    500
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 20  E 23   E 25   E 24   E 22   E 20
DISPERSION......30     28     27     11     10     9

.MONDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............49     56     61     64     68     66
RH..............77     71     67     61     55     61
20 FT WIND......E 2    E 6    E 8    E 9    NE 10  NE 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     20     20     20     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....400    700    1000   1300   2200   2200
TRANSPORT WIND..E 18   E 21   E 24   E 28   E 28   E 26
DISPERSION......8      14     22     42     55     54

$$
FORECASTER...BRITTON
REQUESTED BY...JOE SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20091108.IVORY.01/BMX