FNUS74 KBMX 091253 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR OAKEY FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 653 AM CST THU DEC 9 2010 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0625 CST ON DECEMBER 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... .DISCUSSION...A VERY DRY AIR MASS WILL CREATE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT HOWEVER. HUMIDITIES WILL RISE SLIGHTLY ON FRIDAY AS WINDS BECOME SOUTHERLY. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 44. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......500-1700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-3500 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 1200 FT AGL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 7 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 16 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 27 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 17 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 7. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............20 25 32 39 44 41 RH..............70 57 43 30 24 29 20 FT WIND......N 1 NE 2 NE 2 E 2 SE 3 SE 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....500 600 1700 3100 3500 2300 TRANSPORT WIND..N 7 E 6 E 6 SE 5 S 7 S 6 DISPERSION......3 3 3 18 29 17 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 23. MAX HUMIDITY........67 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-500 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 3 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....3. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............34 31 28 25 25 24 RH..............43 55 62 61 62 65 20 FT WIND......E 1 E 1 E 1 NE 0 NE 0 NE 0 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....300 200 400 400 500 500 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 3 SE 3 SE 6 SE 7 SE 8 SE 9 DISPERSION......1 0 2 3 4 4 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 46. MIN HUMIDITY........30 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 1900-3200 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 10 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 16 LATE IN THE MORNING. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............23 30 36 42 46 43 RH..............67 55 45 34 30 36 20 FT WIND......NE 1 E 1 E 2 S 3 S 3 S 1 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....400 900 1800 2800 3200 2600 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 10 SE 10 S 9 S 6 S 3 S 3 DISPERSION......5 5 4 20 14 11 $$ FORECASTER...ROSE REQUESTED BY...EVAN INGRAM TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20101209.OAKEY.01/BMX