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SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 17   18...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
622 AM CDT FRI MAY 7 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 07.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE FORECAST LOCATION TODAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WELL AFTER MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT IS SET TO MOVE THROUGH. WINDS WILL SHIFT
TO THE NORTH AND BECOME A BIT STRONGER ON SATURDAY

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............72     83     88     90     89
RH..............79     55     43     37     39
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 7    S 9    S 9    S 7
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....2300   3800   4500   5300   4700
TRANSPORT WIND..S 9    S 14   S 17   S 17   S 16
DISPERSION......4      63     68     73     65

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............88     79     72     68     66     66
RH..............42     55     73     82     87     87
20 FT WIND......S 6    S 3    SW 3   SW 3   SW 3   SW 2
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....3700   1800   400    200    400    600
TRANSPORT WIND..S 16   S 14   SW 8   SW 7   SW 9   W 10
DISPERSION......72     31     4      3      4      5

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............65     67     74     78     78     78
RH..............87     83     65     52     45     40
20 FT WIND......W 5    NW 7   N 9    NW 10  NW 10  NW 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     20     20     20     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....900    1800   3100   4000   4500   4400
TRANSPORT WIND..W 9    W 12   N 16   NW 18  NW 18  NW 18
DISPERSION......4      13     22     69     73     72

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FORECASTER...MONTANEZ
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT LAYFIELD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100507.COMPA.01/BMX