FNUS74 KMEG 011350 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR LTEF RESEARCH PLOTS...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 850 AM CDT THU APR 1 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1130 CDT ON APRIL 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON AND AGAIN FRIDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...LOW FUEL MOISTURE AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNITED STATES THROUGH FRIDAY. DRY CONDITIONS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS THE AREA. LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL OCCUR BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON FRIDAY. MEANWHILE A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS THE REGION WILL RESULT IN GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AGAIN TODAY. LOW FUEL MOISTURES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE ACROSS THE MID-SOUTH. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MIDSOUTH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AND WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HIGHER HUMIDITIES. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM CLOUD COVER.....CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR TEMPERATURE.....74 78 82 82 DEWPOINT........48 46 44 44 RH (%)..........40 32 26 26 20FT WIND MPH...SW 9 S 9 S 9 S 7 20FT WIND GUST..12 12 12 9 MIXHGT M AGL....486 733 906 876 MIXHGT FT AGL...1597 2407 2975 2877 MIXHGT M MSL....645 888 1061 1034 MIXHGT FT MSL...2117 2915 3483 3393 TRANS WND M/S...SW 7 SW 6 S 6 S 6 TRANS WND MPH...SW 16 SW 14 S 14 S 14 CATEGORY DAY....2 3 3 3 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM CLOUD COVER.....CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR TEMPERATURE.....82 73 68 64 61 58 DEWPOINT........44 46 48 49 49 49 RH (%)..........27 37 49 57 64 71 20FT WIND MPH...S 6 S 5 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 6 20FT WIND GUST..8 7 7 8 9 8 MIXHGT M AGL....773 407 0 0 0 0 MIXHGT FT AGL...2539 1336 0 0 0 0 MIXHGT M MSL....932 550 110 42 62 72 MIXHGT FT MSL...3059 1807 363 138 204 237 TRANS WND M/S...S 6 S 4 SE 3 SE 3 S 4 S 4 TRANS WND MPH...S 14 S 10 SE 7 SE 7 S 8 S 8 CATEGORY DAY....3 1 1 1 1 1 .FRIDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM CLOUD COVER.....MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR TEMPERATURE.....55 59 69 75 79 81 DEWPOINT........48 48 50 51 50 49 RH (%)..........77 69 52 43 37 32 20FT WIND MPH...S 6 S 7 S 8 S 9 S 9 S 9 20FT WIND GUST..8 9 11 12 12 12 MIXHGT M AGL....0 75 321 599 1008 1259 MIXHGT FT AGL...0 248 1056 1968 3308 4132 MIXHGT M MSL....59 192 476 758 1163 1414 MIXHGT FT MSL...195 631 1564 2487 3816 4640 TRANS WND M/S...S 4 S 4 S 7 S 6 S 7 S 8 TRANS WND MPH...S 8 S 10 S 15 S 14 S 15 S 17 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 2 2 3 4 $$ FORECASTER...MCNEIL S. REQUESTED BY...JIM WALDEN AFMO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20100401.LTEFR.01/MEG