FNUS74 KMEG 201048 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR TEXAS LAKE_03202010...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 548 AM CDT SAT MAR 20 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1030 CDT ON MARCH 20. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST TODAY AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES SLOWLY FROM THE WEST. THIS UPPER LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE MID SOUTH SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TONIGHT WITH RAIN SHOWERS ALONG WITH COLDER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED ON SUNDAY. AS TEMPERATURES COOL FURTHER SUNDAY NIGHT...RAIN SHOWERS MAY MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD BACK OVER THE MID SOUTH BY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A QUICK WARM UP EXPECTED. TEMPERATURES WILL WARM BACK TO ABOVE AVERAGE LEVELS FOR THE MID WEEK PERIOD. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE END OF NEXT WEEK. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM CLOUD COVER.....PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PRECIP CHC (%)..0 10 10 10 PRECIP TYPE.....NONE NONE NONE NONE WEATHER COV..... TEMPERATURE.....58 66 69 71 DEWPOINT........44 45 45 45 RH (%)..........75 53 42 38 20FT WIND MPH...S 7 S 9 S 9 S 9 20FT WIND GUST..9 12 12 12 MIXHGT M AGL....874 1802 2355 2321 MIXHGT FT AGL...2869 5913 7728 7618 MIXHGT M MSL....958 1887 2439 2406 MIXHGT FT MSL...3145 6192 8004 7894 TRANS WND M/S...SW 5 S 7 S 8 S 8 TRANS WND MPH...SW 12 S 15 S 17 S 18 CATEGORY DAY....3 4 5 5 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP CHC (%)..80 80 80 100 100 100 PRECIP TYPE.....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR WEATHER COV..... DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE TEMPERATURE.....71 63 57 53 50 47 DEWPOINT........45 46 47 47 48 47 RH (%)..........38 51 68 78 85 90 20FT WIND MPH...S 8 S 8 SE 9 SE 12 SE 13 SE 12 20FT WIND GUST..11 11 12 16 18 16 MIXHGT M AGL....1950 1038 22 90 266 287 MIXHGT FT AGL...6400 3407 73 296 874 943 MIXHGT M MSL....2034 1122 106 174 350 371 MIXHGT FT MSL...6675 3682 349 572 1150 1219 TRANS WND M/S...S 7 S 5 E 3 SE 4 SE 6 SE 4 TRANS WND MPH...S 16 S 12 E 7 SE 10 SE 13 SE 10 CATEGORY DAY....4 3 1 1 1 1 .SUNDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM CLOUD COVER.....CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP CHC (%)..100 100 90 90 90 90 PRECIP TYPE.....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE TEMPERATURE.....44 45 45 45 44 43 DEWPOINT........44 44 42 39 36 35 RH (%)..........91 83 70 60 56 52 20FT WIND MPH...E 12 SE 10 S 10 SW 10 SW 12 SW 12 20FT WIND GUST..16 14 14 14 16 16 MIXHGT M AGL....447 486 458 728 1140 1483 MIXHGT FT AGL...1468 1596 1503 2390 3743 4866 MIXHGT M MSL....531 570 542 812 1224 1567 MIXHGT FT MSL...1743 1872 1779 2666 4019 5142 TRANS WND M/S...SW 6 SW 7 SW 7 SW 8 SW 9 SW 9 TRANS WND MPH...SW 14 SW 16 SW 16 SW 18 SW 20 SW 21 CATEGORY DAY....2 2 2 3 4 4 .FORECAST DAYS 3 THROUGH 5... .MONDAY... CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR SNOW SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 8 MPH. .TUESDAY... WARMER. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. LIGHT WINDS. .WEDNESDAY... PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 70S. LIGHT WINDS. $$ FORECASTER...CHASKELSON REQUESTED BY...JIM WALDEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100320.TEXAS.01/MEG