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SPOT FORECAST FOR WALSTON RIDGE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
719 AM CST MON MAR 8 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CST ON MARCH 08.

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 STRONG BUT SHALLOW INVERSION SHOULD BREAK BY 10 AM.  TRANSPORT
WINDS WILL BE LIGHT RESULTING IN FAIR TO POOR SMOKE DISPERSION.
DRY CONDITIONS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS ALL OF
CENTRAL ALABAMA. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
WELL BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS
WILL IMPROVE TOMORROW AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO SLOWLY INCREASE
ACROSS THE AREA.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............56     64     68     71     71
RH..............44     34     30     26     27
20 FT WIND......W 1    W 2    SW 3   S 5    S 5
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....1500   3800   5600   6000   5700
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 5   W 5    SW 3   SW 6   S 8
DISPERSION......2      16     22     39     47

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............67     57     52     48     47     47
RH..............31     47     59     68     71     71
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 3    S 3    S 2    S 2    S 3
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     30     30     30     30
MIX HGT (FT)....4100   1400   100    300    300    300
TRANSPORT WIND..S 9    S 6    S 5    S 6    S 6    S 6
DISPERSION......45     11     0      3      3      4

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............47     51     57     59     59     59
RH..............72     68     60     62     62     62
20 FT WIND......S 5    S 6    SE 8   S 9    S 8    SE 8
CHC OF PCPN (%).70     70     70     70     70     70
MIX HGT (FT)....400    1200   2500   3800   3100   2200
TRANSPORT WIND..S 8    S 13   S 18   S 24   S 25   S 24
DISPERSION......7      11     25     65     62     50

$$
FORECASTER...SIRMON
REQUESTED BY...CLARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100308.WALST.01/BMX