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SPOT FORECAST FOR BIG JOHN...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
658 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0720 CST ON FEBRUARY 20.

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

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

.DISCUSSION...

WITH A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...RH VALUES WILL BE AT OR BELOW
25 PERCENT FOR A GOOD PORTION OF EASTERN ALABAMA...INCLUDING
THE PRESCRIBED BURN AREA. THESE VALUES MAY LAST FOR 4 TO
EVEN 5 HOURS GENERALLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR.
A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS.
RH VALUES WILL BE HIGHER ON SUNDAY WITH SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............33     41     52     61     63     61
RH..............78     67     45     28     21     29
20 FT WIND......NE 1   E 2    SE 2   S 2    SW 2   E 1
MIX HGT (FT)....600    2100   3700   4600   4700   4100
TRANSPORT WIND..E 3    SE 5   SW 5   W 3    W 3    NW 3
DISPERSION......2      2      15     19     19     17

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............55     42     36     35     34     33
RH..............37     62     77     79     79     81
20 FT WIND......NE 0   E 0    E 0    E 1    E 1    E 1
MIX HGT (FT)....2700   1000   100    200    200    100
TRANSPORT WIND..N 2    NE 2   E 2    E 3    E 3    E 3
DISPERSION......8      3      0      2      2      2

.SUNDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............33     43     57     64     65     65
RH..............81     67     47     37     36     39
20 FT WIND......E 2    E 3    E 5    SE 7   SE 7   SE 6
MIX HGT (FT)....200    1600   3100   3900   4400   3700
TRANSPORT WIND..E 3    SE 8   S 12   S 12   S 14   S 15
DISPERSION......2      4      5      43     54     53

$$
FORECASTER...AARON
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT LAYFIELD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100220.BIGJO.01/BMX