FNUS74 KJAN 231438 FWSJAN SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPT 278 - 279...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 838 AM CST SUN JAN 23 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED TO OUR EAST WILL DOMINATE TODAY AND RESULT IN RATHER LIGHT TENTY FOOT AND TRANSPORT WINDS TODAY. A LOW PRESSURE CENTER OVER THE OZARKS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TODAY AND SEND A WEAK COLD FRONT TOWARD OUR AREA...BUT THIS COLD FRONT WILL STALL JUST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TONIGHT. AS A RESULT SOUTHEAST WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON AND RESULT IN WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A SLOW INCREASE IN MOISTURE. AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BRIEFLY INTO THE TWENTY PERCENTS. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY BUT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE BURN AREA MONDAY. GREATER CHANCES FOR A WETTING RAIN ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............35 50 54 52 RH..............65 35 28MIN 33 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 6 6 3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 8 8 5 MIX HGT (FT)....1700 3200 4100 3500 MIX HGT (M).....520 980 1250 1070 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 8 S 8 S 8 S 9 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 4 S 4 S 4 S 4 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........CLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 38 35 35 35 35 RH..............48 58 68 77 86 90 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..2 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....1800 800 500 700 600 400 MIX HGT (M).....550 240 150 210 180 120 TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 S 10 S 10 S 12 S 13 S 10 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 4 S 4 S 4 S 5 S 6 S 4 $$ FORECASTER...EDMONSTON REQUESTED BY...GARY BUFKIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110123.COMPT.01/JAN