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SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUE CUT...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
816 AM CST THU FEB 18 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CST ON FEBRUARY 18.

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

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH
TEMPS GRADUALLY WARMING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. WARMER TEMPS
COMBINED WITH DEW POINTS FALLING INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA WILL ALLOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 20S FOR SEVERAL
HOURS. THIS WILL LEAD TO THE POSSIBILITY OF HAZARDOUS FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THIS AREA. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. HIGHER HUMIDITY VALUES RETURN
BY THE WEEKEND ALONG WITH RAIN CHANCES AS OUR NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM
APPROACHES THE STATE.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............45     49     47
RH..............38     29     34
20 FT WIND......NW 7   NW 7   NW 6
MIX HGT (FT)....3400   3800   3800
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 10  NW 12  NW 12
DISPERSION......42     53     53

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     38     34     31     28     25
RH..............39     50     64     76     82     92
20 FT WIND......NW 5   NW 3   N 2    N 1    NE 1   NE 1
MIX HGT (FT)....3200   2000   1000   600    400    300
TRANSPORT WIND..W 10   NW 12  NW 10  N 6    N 2    N 3
DISPERSION......41     30     14     3      1      2

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............24     34     43     52     55     52
RH..............92     64     45     31     26     31
20 FT WIND......E 1    E 2    E 2    SE 3   S 3    S 3
MIX HGT (FT)....400    1200   2400   3500   4100   3900
TRANSPORT WIND..N 7    N 8    N 7    N 5    N 3    NE 3
DISPERSION......3      4      3      20     17     16

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FORECASTER...KEISER
REQUESTED BY...CLARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100218.BLUEC.01/BMX