FNUS74 KJAN 232122 FWSJAN SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPT 278 - 279...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 322 PM CST SUN JAN 23 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1600 CST ON JANUARY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS HAS ALLOWED LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING TO BECOME SOUTHERLY THIS AFTERNOON. SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A VERY SLOW INCREASE IN MOISTURE HAS KEPT AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TWENTY TO THIRTY PERCENT RANGE. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT BUT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN OVER THE BURN AREA MONDAY. GREATER CHANCES FOR A WETTING RAIN ARE EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. .REST OF TODAY... TIME (CST) 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE TEMP............56 RH..............27 20 FT WIND DIR..S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 20 FT WIND GUST.5 MIX HGT (FT)....2950 MIX HGT (M).....950 TRANSPORT WIND..S 8 TRAN WIND (M/S).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............45 39 35 34 33 33 RH..............46 62 74 79 85 90 20 FT WIND DIR..SE S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 3 3 3 3 3 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....500 200 300 300 400 300 MIX HGT (M).....150 60 90 90 120 90 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 7 SE 6 SE 6 SE 7 SE 6 SE 5 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 3 SE 3 SE 3 SE 3 SE 3 SE 2 .MONDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............34 43 53 57 RH..............91 79 60 55 20 FT WIND DIR..S SE S S 20 FT WIND SPD..3 5 7 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 9 9 MIX HGT (FT)....300 900 2000 4200 MIX HGT (M).....90 270 610 1280 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 5 SE 12 S 13 S 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).SE 2 SE 5 S 6 S 5 $$ FORECASTER...AGRE REQUESTED BY...GARY BUFKIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110123.COMPT.02/JAN