FNUS74 KBMX 092140 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR DAY FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 440 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1631 CDT ON JULY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... BETTER RAIN CHANCES WILL BE PRESENT ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT ON INTO THE WEEKEND AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. IN THE FIRE AREA...THERE WILL BE A FEW SHOWERS AROUND THROUGH 6 PM. RAIN CHANCES WILL ACTUALLY INCREASE SLIGHTLY BETWEEN 6 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING...AS SHOWERS AND STORMS WEST OF INTERSTATE 65 MOVE EASTWARD. THE FRONT WILL BEGIN TO STALL ON SATURDAY...AND WILL LIKELY BE THE FOCUS FOR EVEN GREATER STORM COVERAGE. .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............89 85 79 76 74 72 RH..............54 69 85 87 87 89 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 3 NW 2 NW 1 W 1 W 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).20 40 40 40 40 40 MIX HGT (FT)....3700 2700 1900 900 400 500 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 12 NW 10 NW 10 NW 8 NW 6 N 6 DISPERSION......56 39 12 4 4 3 .SATURDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............71 76 81 84 86 88 RH..............91 87 79 70 65 62 20 FT WIND......W 2 W 2 W 2 W 5 W 6 NW 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 60 60 60 60 60 MIX HGT (FT)....300 1700 4200 5800 6700 6600 TRANSPORT WIND..N 6 N 8 N 9 N 9 N 8 N 7 DISPERSION......2 2 4 30 28 24 $$ FORECASTER...WESTLAND REQUESTED BY...NOONAN PHIFER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100709.DAYFI.02/BMX