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FWSHUN

SPOT FORECAST FOR FORD...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL
515 PM CST MON FEB 21 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1705 CST ON FEBRUARY 21.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...SURFACE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN
TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING...AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST THROUGH
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO SWEEP THROUGH
THE AREA FROM WEST TO EAST AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH SURFACE FLOW TURNING
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL ALONG
AND JUST AHEAD OF THE FRONT THIS EVENING.


.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN
                    SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 43.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................50 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2900 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 23 TO 26 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH
                    AROUND 16 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............63     57     53     49     47     45
RH..............80     82     95     100    100    91
20 FT WIND......SW 12  W 9    W 8    N 9    N 7    N 5
MIX HGT (FT)....2900   2900   1500   2500   2500   1900
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 26  SW 26  SW 23  NW 16  NW 16  N 16
DISPERSION IDX..65     65     37     22     22     11
CHC OF PCPN (%).50     50     50     10     10     10

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT).
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54.
MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3500 FT AGL LATE
                    IN THE AFTERNOON.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 12 TO 14 MPH.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............43     45     49     52     54     54
RH..............89     79     64     49     40     38
20 FT WIND......N 5    N 6    N 6    N 7    N 7    N 5
MIX HGT (FT)....1500   1500   2300   3300   3300   3500
TRANSPORT WIND..N 14   N 14   N 12   NW 13  NW 13  NW 12
DISPERSION IDX..6      6      5      51     51     49
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     0      0      0

$$

FORECASTER...GRIFFIN
REQUESTED BY...NIKKA JEFFERSON
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110221.FORD_.02/HUN