FNUS74 KBMX 161355 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR THREE DAY FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 855 AM CDT THU SEP 16 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0845 CDT ON SEPTEMBER 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY. A FEW SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON... BUT RAINFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GENERALLY BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DROP INTO THE 40S THIS AFTERNOON. MOISTURE VALUES WILL SLOWLY CLIMB ON FRIDAY AND GENERALLY BE ABOVE 35 PERCENT. THE DRY AIRMASS IS REINFORCED BY SATURDAY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES DROP BACK INTO THE 25 TO 35 PERCENT RANGE AND LAST AT LEAST INTO MONDAY. KBDI VALUES REMAIN ABOVE 500 THE ENTIRE PERIOD. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE 20 FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN BELOW THE CRITICAL THRESHOLD OF 10 MPH. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY.............PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............77 83 88 91 91 88 RH..............67 58 48 42 41 49 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 6 SW 7 SW 7 SW 7 SW 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 30 MIX HGT (FT)....1000 2400 5400 7500 7800 7300 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 17 SW 18 SW 17 SW 15 W 14 SW 13 DISPERSION......8 12 51 52 50 45 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............86 78 74 71 69 66 RH..............49 66 76 80 78 87 20 FT WIND......SW 3 S 2 S 2 S 2 S 2 S 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).30 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....6400 3800 900 400 500 500 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 12 SW 12 SW 12 SW 12 SW 12 SW 9 DISPERSION......39 42 11 5 5 4 .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............66 71 82 89 93 91 RH..............91 82 59 43 36 37 20 FT WIND......E 0 N 0 W 2 NW 3 NW 5 N 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....200 1000 3200 6100 7400 6600 TRANSPORT WIND..W 3 NW 3 W 8 NW 10 NW 10 N 8 DISPERSION......2 2 4 70 81 58 $$ FORECASTER...GOGGINS REQUESTED BY...NIKKA JEFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20100916.THREE.01/BMX