FNUS74 KJAN 091426
FWSJAN

SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 0814...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
826 AM CST TUE MAR 9 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 09.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHERLY TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BRING INCREASING
MOISTURE INTO THE REGION TODAY. NUMEROUS SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE
AREA FOR TODAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WITH THE CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND SOME OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. NO SIGNIFICANT FOG IS NOT EXPECTED
TODAY...THOUGH MIST REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 4 MILES COULD
ACCOMPANY THE SHOWERS FOR TODAY AND AGAIN TONIGHT. PATCHY FOG
REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO BELOW 2 MILES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS FOG IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY MID-
MORNING WEDNESDAY.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............59     62     63     63
RH..............72     67     69     70
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..8      9      9      9
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....2400   3100   3900   3600
MIX HGT (M).....730    940    1190   1100
TRANSPORT WIND..S 18   S 17   S 17   S 18
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 8    S 8    S 8    S 8

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............62     61     61     61     61     61
RH..............71     76     81     83     85     86
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..9      8      7      6      5      5
20 FT WIND GUST.15     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....2000   1800   1600   1400   1100   1000
MIX HGT (M).....610    550    490    430    340    300
TRANSPORT WIND..S 20   S 15   S 13   S 14   S 14   S 14
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 9    S 7    S 6    S 6    S 6    S 6

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............61     61     63     64     65     65
RH..............87     86     85     82     83     80
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..5      7      8      9      10     12
20 FT WIND GUST.       10     10     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....800    1500   2100   2800   3900   3800
MIX HGT (M).....240    460    640    850    1190   1160
TRANSPORT WIND..S 13   S 15   S 18   S 21   S 24   S 22
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 6    S 7    S 8    S 9    S 11   S 10

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FORECASTER...COHEN
REQUESTED BY...BUZZ WILLIAMS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100309.DESOT.01/JAN