FNUS74 KHUN 222300 FWSHUN SPOT FORECAST FOR FORD- AFTERNOON UPDATE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 500 PM CST TUE FEB 22 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1639 CST ON FEBRUARY 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY CENTERED JUST TO OUR WEST WILL MOVE OVERHEAD NORTHERN ALABAMA LATER THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY ABATE AS AS RESULT...WITH CURRENT SPEEDS AROUND 10 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 5 MPH AFTER SUNSET. TRANSPORT WINDS HOWEVER SHOULD REMAIN NORTHERLY AROUND 10 MPH THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. AS THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SHIFTS TO OUR EAST LATE TONIGHT...RETURN FLOW FROM THE SOUTH WILL DEVELOP TOMORROW MORNING. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 15 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......2500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST AROUND 13 MPH. TIME (CST) 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE TEMP............60 RH..............33 20 FT WIND......N 7 MIX HGT (FT)....2500 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 13 DISPERSION IDX..41 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (5-15 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 34. MAX HUMIDITY........88 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-1700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 6 TO 12 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............53 47 43 40 38 36 RH..............41 51 58 65 73 81 20 FT WIND......N 5 N 3 NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 NE 2 MIX HGT (FT)....1700 1700 400 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 12 NW 12 N 6 NE 7 NE 7 NE 6 DISPERSION IDX..26 26 3 3 3 3 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 66. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2300-3900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 6 TO 13 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............34 41 51 60 65 65 RH..............88 78 56 41 36 39 20 FT WIND......E 3 E 3 SE 5 S 6 S 8 S 7 MIX HGT (FT)....200 200 800 2300 2300 3900 TRANSPORT WIND..E 6 E 6 SE 10 S 12 S 12 S 13 DISPERSION IDX..3 4 7 32 32 47 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...WHITE REQUESTED BY...NIKKA JEFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110222.FORDA.01/HUN