FNUS74 KJAN 111300 FWSJAN SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP 73...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 700 AM CST MON JAN 11 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON JANUARY 11. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH WILL DOMINATE TODAY. IT WILL BE WARMER TODAY WILL A CRITICALLY LOW AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 22 PERCENT. A LIGHT SOUTHWEST TO WEST WIND IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING INCREASING TO 8 TO 10 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE BURN AREA TONIGHT. THIS WILL RESULT IN A WIND SHIFT ALONG WITH SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR. ALTHOUGH THE COLD FRONT WILL BE DRY...A FEW SNOW FLURRIES WILL BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL DROP BACK BELOW FREEZING. NO FOG DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TONIGHT DUE TO THE DRY AIRMASS AND MIXING PROVIDED BY THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. .TODAY... TIME (CST) NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............41 43 40 RH..............27 22MIN 29 20 FT WIND DIR..W W W 20 FT WIND SPD..9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 3000 2600 MIX HGT (M).....700 910 790 TRANSPORT WIND..W 20 W 21 W 23 TRAN WIND (M/S).W 9 W 9 W 10 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR TEMP............34 32 31 29 28 26 RH..............43 49 55 61 65 70 20 FT WIND DIR..SW W W W NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 2 2 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1400 800 600 700 800 1200 MIX HGT (M).....430 240 180 210 240 370 TRANSPORT WIND..W 24 W 23 W 21 NW 18 NW 17 N 16 TRAN WIND (M/S).W 11 W 10 W 9 NW 8 NW 8 N 7 $$ FORECASTER...EDMONSTON REQUESTED BY...PAUL REYNOLDS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100111.COMP7.01/JAN