FNUS74 KBMX 072141 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR DUGGER WILDERNESS...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 441 PM CDT WED APR 7 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1634 CDT ON APRIL 07. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... BREEZY WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHEAST WILL SUBSIDE AFTER SUNSET. CLOUD COVER AND RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES CENTRAL ALABAMA. EXPECT SHOWERS AND STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. DRY CONDITIONS RETURN ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SETS IN. EXPECT FOR DRY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS IN PLACE. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MAX HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......3800-5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-1600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 12 TO 20 MPH DECREASING TO 10 TO 15 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...THEN INCREASING TO 21 TO 24 MPH LATE IN THE NIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....113 DECREASING TO 103 EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 79 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 46 LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 20 DECREASING TO 9 LATE IN THE EVENING INCREASING TO 23. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............79 75 71 68 66 64 RH..............39 47 57 62 68 71 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 2 S 2 SW 2 SW 2 SW 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 60 60 60 60 60 MIX HGT (FT)....5000 3800 1200 400 700 1500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 20 S 17 S 13 S 10 S 15 S 24 DISPERSION......113 79 20 5 13 27 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........48 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2700-3500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 18 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 13 TO 15 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....26 INCREASING TO 36 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 59 LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 47 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 32. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............62 63 66 66 66 66 RH..............74 71 63 59 54 51 20 FT WIND......SW 2 SW 2 W 6 W 6 W 6 W 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).60 100 100 100 100 100 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1700 2200 3200 3300 2700 TRANSPORT WIND..S 23 S 23 SW 26 W 24 W 18 NW 13 DISPERSION......26 26 36 60 47 28 $$ FORECASTER...ALLEN REQUESTED BY...NOONAN PHIFER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100407.DUGGE.02/BMX