FNUS74 KBMX 101918 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR FREEDOM FIRE...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 218 PM CDT FRI SEP 10 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1353 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THERE ARE NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS AT THIS TIME. CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN DRY THROUGH TONIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SATURDAY...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING WELL OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY OCCURRING DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS...PRIMARILY ACROSS THE NORTH. A MUCH DRIER AIR MASS WILL FILTER INTO THE REGION ON SUNDAY BEHIND THE FRONT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 70. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......5900-7200 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-400 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 2 TO 8 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....61 DECREASING TO 5. 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 82 78 75 74 72 RH..............51 61 73 80 81 85 20 FT WIND......SW 2 S 1 NE 0 SE 1 SE 1 NE 0 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....7200 4000 400 100 400 300 TRANSPORT WIND..W 8 NW 6 N 2 NE 2 NE 2 N 2 DISPERSION......61 30 1 1 1 1 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................MISSING. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-5400 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 6600-8000 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING DECREASING TO 5300-5600 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 1 TO 9 MPH INCREASING TO 6 TO 13 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 98 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 40 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 25 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 18. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............70 75 83 87 89 90 RH..............89 78 67 57 53 51 20 FT WIND......NW 1 W 1 W 2 W 3 W 5 W 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 40 40 40 40 40 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1800 5400 7700 7600 5600 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 1 W 5 W 12 W 13 W 10 W 7 DISPERSION......1 2 5 102 37 22 $$ FORECASTER...GOLDEN REQUESTED BY...NOONAN PHIFER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100910.FREED.01/BMX