FNUS74 KBMX 152155 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR WEASEL...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 455 PM CDT FRI OCT 15 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1634 CDT ON OCTOBER 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... .DISCUSSION... AT WEASEL STIFF NORTHERLY WIND WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD FLAMES UPHILL...ALTHOUGH SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL TREND HIGHER THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL. CONDITIONS TOMORROW WILL BE MUCH LIKE TODAY. AS TEMPERATURES WARM...A MORNING INVERSION WILL BREAK AROUND 11 AM AND NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY ONCE AGAIN. AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE 20S ALTHOUGH WITH SLIGHTLY LOWER WIND SPEEDS RED FLAG CRITERIA ARE NOT ANTICIPATED. CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERVIEW VERY DRY AND BREEZY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...AND A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT AREA WIDE UNTIL 7 PM. RH VALUES WILL REMAIN BELOW 30 PERCENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND BUT WINDS WILL DECREASE AND 20 FOOT WINDS WILL BE WELL BELOW 10 MPH. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 42. MAX HUMIDITY........78 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......3100-4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTH 18 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHEAST 13 TO 16 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....135 DECREASING TO 8. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............69 56 51 49 46 44 RH..............35 57 67 70 73 73 20 FT WIND......NW 6 NW 2 N 2 NE 1 NE 1 E 1 MIX HGT (FT)....4300 2100 700 300 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 26 N 24 N 21 N 16 NE 14 NE 13 DISPERSION......135 65 20 7 6 6 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........25 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3100-4700 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 3 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 24 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 16 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 46 60 70 72 73 RH..............78 67 42 31 29 25 20 FT WIND......NE 1 NE 1 NE 2 N 6 N 8 N 7 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 900 2700 3800 4500 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 13 NE 10 NE 8 NE 6 NE 5 N 3 DISPERSION......6 5 4 27 25 18 $$ FORECASTER...SIRMON REQUESTED BY...SCOTT LAYFIELD TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101015.WEASE.01/BMX