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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHOCCOLOCCO...USDA FOREST SERVIVE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
709 AM CST SAT FEB 20 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 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...

ITH 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)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............44     54     60     60
RH..............50     32     25     25
20 FT WIND......E 2    S 2    SW 2   SW 1
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....2500   4500   5100   3900
TRANSPORT WIND..NE 3   W 3    W 3    NW 3
DISPERSION......2      18     20     16

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............54     40     33     30     30     29
RH..............36     62     82     87     85     88
20 FT WIND......SE 0   E 0    NE 0   NE 0   NE 0   NE 1
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....1700   600    200    200    200    BLW100
TRANSPORT WIND..N 3    E 3    E 3    E 3    E 3    E 3
DISPERSION......8      2      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.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............29     40     55     63     65     64
RH..............88     70     45     32     31     33
20 FT WIND......E 2    E 3    E 5    SE 7   SE 7   SE 6
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....200    1700   3400   4600   4800   4300
TRANSPORT WIND..SE 3   SE 7   S 9    S 9    S 10   S 14
DISPERSION......2      3      4      37     42     53

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FORECASTER...AARON
REQUESTED BY...BLAKE MORRIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100220.CHOCC.01/BMX