FNUS74 KBMX 152058 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR THREE DAY FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 358 PM CDT WED SEP 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1550 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... AN ISOLATED SHOWER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND WEAK SURFACE FRONT APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST...BUT RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN RATHER LOW. RH VALUES WILL DROP BACK INTO THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE BY THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER 20 FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN NEAR 5 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 67. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................MISSING. LAL................. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000-6300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-1100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 10 TO 13 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....77 DECREASING TO 5. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............MCLEAR PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............89 81 78 75 73 71 RH..............37 56 58 66 69 68 20 FT WIND......S 6 S 2 S 3 S 3 S 3 S 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....6300 3500 1100 500 400 400 TRANSPORT WIND..S 12 S 13 S 10 S 10 S 10 S 10 DISPERSION......80 55 16 5 5 5 .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 91. MIN HUMIDITY........41 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................MISSING. LAL................. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1900 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6000-7600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST 9 TO 17 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 12 TO 20 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 140 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 88 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 76 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 62 INCREASING TO 87 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 69. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............70 69 79 87 90 90 RH..............72 81 60 46 42 41 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 2 S 6 SW 7 SW 7 SW 7 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 20 20 20 20 20 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1900 5600 7100 7600 7100 TRANSPORT WIND..S 9 SW 14 SW 20 SW 18 SW 15 W 12 DISPERSION......4 6 9 88 73 87 $$ FORECASTER...GOLDEN REQUESTED BY...NIKKA JEFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100915.THREE.01/BMX