FNUS72 KFFC 111348
FWSFFC

SPOT FORECAST FOR 3F...USFWS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
848 AM EST MON JAN 11 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 EST ON JANUARY 11.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
EST THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...
A MODIFYING ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT
TOWARD THE AREA TODAY FROM THE MIDWEST. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP
RAPIDLY THROUGH THE STATE TONIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY...BRINGING
ANOTHER SURGE OF COLD AIR TO THE STATE. TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO
THE 40S THIS AFTERNOON COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE TEENS WILL
RESULT IN CRITICAL RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AS AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 50S.


.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48.
MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......0-300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2500-3400 FT AGL IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST AROUND 3 MPH INCREASING TO NORTHWEST 17 TO
                    18 MPH.

TIME (EST)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........37     36     36     36
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............36     45     48     45
RH..............43     28     24     26
20 FT WIND......W 7    W 9    W 10   W 8
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     15     10

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29.
MAX HUMIDITY........69 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
                    BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING WEST AROUND 5
                    MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.

TIME (EST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........36     41     41     41     46     46
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............41     39     37     34     32     31
RH..............29     30     34     39     45     51
20 FT WIND......W 6    W 3    W 5    W 5    W 5    W 5
20 FT WIND GUST.       5

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FORECASTER...SMITH
REQUESTED BY...JOHN MASON
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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