FNUS74 KBMX 051210 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR DUGGER WILDERNESS...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 710 AM CDT MON APR 5 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0641 CDT ON APRIL 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH WEDNESDAY. RH VALUES WILL DROP TO NEAR 30 PERCENT BOTH TODAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS. ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL BE PRETTY LIGHT AND VARIABLE THIS MORNING. PREVAILING DIRECTION WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHWEST. BY AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST 20 FOOT WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 5-10 MPH. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE SOUTHERLY TUESDAY. WOULD NOT RULE OUT SOME PATCHY FOG LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING AGAIN TONIGHT. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL BE LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83. MIN HUMIDITY........31 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-1300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000-7200 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 3 TO 12 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 35 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 60 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 82 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 87 DECREASING TO 77 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 71 78 82 82 RH..............79 62 45 33 31 20 FT WIND......LT/ SW 3 SW 5 SW 7 SW 7 VAR 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....700 2200 5000 6900 7000 TRANSPORT WIND..S 5 SW 7 SW 10 SW 12 SW 12 DISPERSION......2 2 3 60 86 86 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 52. MAX HUMIDITY........92 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-2000 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 6 TO 12 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....62 DECREASING TO 5. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............78 72 65 60 56 54 RH..............42 53 65 74 78 79 20 FT WIND......SW 3 S 1 NE 0 W 1 W 1 NE 0 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....4600 2000 400 100 300 400 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 12 SW 9 S 6 S 6 S 6 S 7 DISPERSION......62 24 2 3 3 3 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 84. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4800-5000 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 22 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 92 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 79 IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............52 59 72 78 82 83 RH..............89 77 55 41 33 31 20 FT WIND......NE 0 E 1 S 5 S 8 S 9 S 8 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....200 1000 2700 4100 4900 5000 TRANSPORT WIND..S 5 S 10 SW 21 SW 21 SW 20 S 20 DISPERSION......2 5 9 78 80 81 $$ FORECASTER...KEISER REQUESTED BY...SCOTT LAYFIELD TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100405.DUGGE.01/BMX