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SPOT FORECAST FOR MAULDIN...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LITTLE ROCK AR
622 AM CDT TUE MAR 30 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP CLEAR CONDITIONS ACROSS THE NATURAL STATE
TODAY...WITH SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 KTS THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER THE UPPER LEVEL WEATHER PATTERN WILL SHIFT ON
WEDNESDAY...WITH THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TRANSLATING EAST. THE
TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THIS FEATURE AND A DEVELOPING
SYSTEM TO THE WEST WILL GENERATE BREEZY CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE NEAR
30 PERCENT ON WEDNESDAY AND BETWEEN 30 AND 40 PERCENT ON THURSDAY.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS FIRE WEATHER HEADLINES
MAY BE NECESSARY.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON SATURDAY MORNING...WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATE
FRIDAY.

.TODAY...

                    TEMPERATURE.........57 AT IGNITION...MAX 77.
                    MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT AT IGNITION...MIN 28 PERCENT.
WIND (EYE LEVEL)....LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE
                    LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 26
                       MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......BECOMING 5000 FT MSL.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
TEMP............57  62  66  70  72  74  75  75
RH..............47  41  36  32  30  29  28  29
EYE LVL WND DIR.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
EYE LVL WND SPD.4   4   5   5   5   5   5   4
EYE LVL WND GST.5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
MIX HGT (KFT)...BECOMING 5000 FT
TRANSP WIND DIR.S   S   SW  SW  S   S   S   S
TRANSP WIND SPD.17  18  20  21  22  23  25  26

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FORECASTER...61
REQUESTED BY...BEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100330.MAULD.01/LZK