FNUS74 KBMX 100130 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR PEACH ORCHARD...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 730 PM CST SAT JAN 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1917 CST ON JANUARY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT SUNDAY AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION... MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. NORTH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 5 TO 10 MPH WILL ONLY VERY SLOWLY GO DOWNWARD OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THESE WINDS WILL ALLOW SOME MIXING OVERNIGHT IN THE ARCTIC AIR MASS...BUT BITTER COLD CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR BIBB COUNTY ON SUNDAY. A SLOWLY MODIFYING HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN OVER CENTRAL ALABAMA SUNDAY. THIS WILL KEEP DEWPOINTS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS SUNDAY AFTERNOON WHILE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. THIS WILL ALLOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE WATCH AREA. THE NORTHERN ZONES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. CONDITIONS ON MONDAY MAY ALSO REQUIRE A WATCH AS EARLY PROJECTIONS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 14. MAX HUMIDITY........93 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................0. LAL................. MIXING HEIGHT.......2300-2700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 14 TO 16 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....52 DECREASING TO 7. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............29 28 24 18 16 15 RH..............55 56 68 79 85 93 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 6 NW 6 N 5 NW 3 NW 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....2700 2500 2400 2300 2300 2300 TRANSPORT WIND..N 16 N 16 N 16 N 15 N 14 N 14 DISPERSION......55 51 49 7 6 6 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 37. MIN HUMIDITY........26 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH. CWR.................0. LAL................. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-2400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 9 TO 14 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 30 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 24 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............15 19 26 34 37 36 RH..............89 73 48 30 26 28 20 FT WIND......NW 3 N 6 N 7 NW 7 NW 7 NW 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 2300 2300 2400 2400 2100 TRANSPORT WIND..N 14 N 13 N 13 N 12 NW 9 NW 9 DISPERSION......6 6 8 34 28 25 $$ FORECASTER...LINHARES REQUESTED BY...PAM RICHEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100109.PEACH.01/BMX