FNUS74 KJAN 181315 FWSJAN SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPTS 263 264...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 715 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CST ON FEBRUARY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED EAST OF THE BURN AREA WILL REMAIN DOMINANT AGAIN TODAY WITH A MOIST SOUTH WIND ALTHOUGH LIGHTER THAN ON THURSDAY AND WITH LESS GUSTS. PATCHY FOG AND A LAYER OF STRATUS HAS FORMED THIS MORNING. THIS LAYER WILL LIKELY TAKE MOST OF THIS MORNING TO DISSIPATE. A RATHER STRONG INVERSION WILL LAST MOST OF THE DAY. LIGHTER WINDS AND A STRONG NOCTURNAL INVERSION MAY LEAD TO DENSE FOG DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT BUT MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT THIS WILL OCCUR SOUTH OF THE BURN AREA. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............65 71 76MAX 72 RH..............69 54 42MIN 53 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S 20 FT WIND SPD..6 6 5 3 20 FT WIND GUST.8 8 7 MIX HGT (FT)....1700 3000 3500 1700 MIX HGT (M).....520 910 1070 520 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 14 SW 13 SW 12 SW 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 6 SW 6 SW 5 SW 5 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG TEMP............69 62 58 56 54 52 RH..............60 76 88 94 100 100 20 FT WIND DIR..S S S S SW SW 20 FT WIND SPD..2 1 1 2 1 1 20 FT WIND GUST. MIX HGT (FT)....700 400 400 300 300 300 MIX HGT (M).....210 120 120 90 90 90 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 12 S 9 S 8 SW 9 SW 8 SW 6 TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 5 S 4 S 4 SW 4 SW 4 SW 3 $$ FORECASTER...EDMONSTON REQUESTED BY...GARY BUFKIN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110218.COMPT.01/JAN