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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALSTON RIDGE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
708 AM CST THU FEB 25 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CST ON FEBRUARY 25.

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

A VERY DRY AIRMASS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY WHICH
WILL ALLOW FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR
SEVERAL HOURS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SPECIFICALLY FOR THE WALSTON RIDGE
AREA...BETWEEN 1 PM AND 5 PM. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THIS AFTERNOON.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............37     42     44     42
RH..............32     25     24     29
20 FT WIND......NW 10  NW 10  NW 9   NW 6
MIX HGT (FT)....4600   5100   5100   4000
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 16  NW 16  NW 14  NW 12
DISPERSION......64     67     57     55

.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............40     34     30     28     27     26
RH..............33     45     56     65     70     76
20 FT WIND......NW 5   N 2    N 2    N 2    N 2    N 2
MIX HGT (FT)....3200   1200   200    600    600    600
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 10  NW 6   NW 6   N 8    N 7    N 7
DISPERSION......41     9      2      4      3      3

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............28     32     39     46     48     46
RH..............73     61     45     32     28     31
20 FT WIND......N 2    N 5    NW 7   NW 8   NW 9   NW 8
MIX HGT (FT)....800    2100   3400   4200   4600   4300
TRANSPORT WIND..N 7    N 9    N 12   NW 13  NW 14  NW 14
DISPERSION......3      4      8      48     55     53

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FORECASTER...GARRISON
REQUESTED BY...CLARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100225.WALST.01/BMX