FNUS74 KJAN 171351 FWSJAN SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 263...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 751 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...PATCHY FOG AND AN ELEVATED LAYER OF STRATUS AROUND 1000FT HAS DEVELOPED OVER NIGHT. ANY FOG WILL DISSIPATE BY 9 AM BUT THE LAYER OF STRATUS WILL TAKE UNTIL 10 TO 11 AM TO BREAK UP. OTHERWISE...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED EAST OF THE BURN AREA WILL BE DOMINANT TODAY PROVIDING A SOUTH WIND. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT BETWEEN THE HIGH TO THE EAST AND LOW PRESSURE TO THE NORTHWEST WILL RESULT IN RATHER SWIFT SOUTH WINDS TODAY OF 12 TO 15MPH WITH GUSTS TO 20 MPH. THE SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL HELP MAINTAIN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RESULTING IN HIGHER THAN NORMAL AFTERNOON MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. LIGHTER WINDS AND MORE WIDESPREAD FOG IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AS A LITTLE STRONG INVERSION DEVELOPS. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 64 71 73 69 RH..............75 64 49 43 50 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 9 12 10 8 20 FT WIND GUST.9 13 15 14 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1000 2100 3200 3500 1700 MIX HGT (M).....300 640 980 1070 520 TRANSPORT WIND..S 17 S 17 S 17 S 17 S 20 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 8 S 8 S 8 S 8 S 9 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLDY WEATHER COV..... AREAS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG TEMP............66 61 57 56 55 54 RH..............56 68 79 84 88 91 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..7 7 7 6 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.9 9 9 8 7 MIX HGT (FT)....900 400 400 500 600 700 MIX HGT (M).....270 120 120 150 180 210 TRANSPORT WIND..S 20 S 16 S 14 S 15 S 14 S 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).S 9 S 7 S 6 S 7 S 6 S 5 $$ FORECASTER...AGRE REQUESTED BY...BRAD BERNARDY TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110217.COMPA.01/JAN