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SPOT FORECAST FOR 523 FIRE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
540 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1736 CDT ON MAY 13.

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

.DISCUSSION...

LIGHT WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY PERCENTAGES IN THE 40S WILL
MITIGATE ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
AFTERNOONS. MORE WETTING RAINS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO PARTS OF
THE AREA BY SUNDAY...AND EVEN MORE SO ON MONDAY AS A FRONT MOVES
THROUGH THE STATE.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT).
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CWR.................MISSING.
MIXING HEIGHT.......5300-6600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-300 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 9 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....66 DECREASING TO 1.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............85     78     72     69     67     66
RH..............53     64     79     84     90     90
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 1    SE 1   SE 1   SE 1   NE 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....6600   3500   300    BLW100 300    300
TRANSPORT WIND..S 9    S 7    S 3    S 3    S 5    S 5
DISPERSION......66     29     1      2      2      2

.FRIDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 87.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN
                    THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE
                    AFTERNOON.
MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5200-5900 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 2 TO 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 19 LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............64     66     77     85     87     87
RH..............97     97     74     57     52     50
20 FT WIND......NE 0   N 0    W 2    W 5    W 6    W 3
MIX HGT (FT)....300    1900   4700   5400   5800   5800
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 3   W 3    W 5    S 3    S 2    S 3
DISPERSION......2      2      2      21     15     22

$$
FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...JOE SMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20100513.523FI.01/BMX