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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUAIL BLOCKS...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
859 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 13.

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

.DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL KEEP AND LID AND CONVECTION
TODAY AND FRIDAY.  A WEAK FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTH ALABAMA
FRIDAY NIGHT AND TRIGGER A FEW THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF I-20.
BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN ON SATURDAY AS THE FRONT STALLS OUT
NEAR I-20.

HIGHER DEW POINTS WILL KEEP RH VALUES ELEVATED. LOOK FOR
SOUTHERLY TRANSPORT WINDS TO INCREASE TO AROUND 15 MPH BY EARLY
AFTERNOON...NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED TODAY.


.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............70     80     85     88     87
RH..............78     60     52     48     50
20 FT WIND......SE 2   S 6    S 8    SW 8   SW 6
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....3700   5700   6500   7200   7500
TRANSPORT WIND..S 10   S 14   S 15   S 14   S 12
DISPERSION......5      89     69     66     90

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............84     77     70     68     66     64
RH..............55     68     84     87     90     95
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 1    SE 1   SE 1   SE 1   NE 0
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....7300   4500   300    BLW100 300    400
TRANSPORT WIND..S 10   S 7    S 3    S 3    S 6    S 7
DISPERSION......80     39     1      2      3      3

.FRIDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............63     67     76     80     85     87
RH..............97     86     68     62     54     50
20 FT WIND......NE 0   N 1    W 3    W 6    W 6    W 3
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     20     20     20     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....200    2600   6600   7000   6700   6300
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 5   SW 6   NW 9   SW 6   S 6    SW 10
DISPERSION......2      3      4      43     42     47

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