FNUS74 KBMX 241324 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BEASLEY BRANCH...USDA FOREST SERVIVE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 724 AM CST THU FEB 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0715 CST ON FEBRUARY 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON CST FRIDAY... .DISCUSSION... A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS CENTRAL ALABAMA OVERNIGHT. BREEZY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON WITH A FEW SHOWERS OVER THE PRESCRIBED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........43 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2100 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-3900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 9 TO 18 MPH INCREASING TO 20 TO 21 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 67. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............52 58 66 71 72 71 RH..............68 66 53 46 52 59 20 FT WIND......E 3 SE 5 S 7 S 9 S 9 S 7 MIX HGT (FT)....600 1200 2100 3200 3900 3500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 10 S 13 S 15 S 17 S 18 S 21 DISPERSION......7 8 38 48 68 68 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING...THEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1600-2300 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 22 TO 31 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 30 TO 32 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....51 INCREASING TO 58 LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 35 AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............67 61 56 55 55 54 RH..............63 83 100 100 100 100 20 FT WIND......S 5 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 7 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 2200 2100 1900 1700 1600 TRANSPORT WIND..S 22 S 25 S 28 S 31 S 32 SW 31 DISPERSION......46 51 55 35 36 35 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING SUNNY (5-15 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MIN HUMIDITY........38 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTH WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......1800-3600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4400 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING WINDS........WEST 23 TO 31 MPH BECOMING NORTHWEST 14 TO 20 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....19 INCREASING TO 40 IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 65 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 73 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 51. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC SCTTRD WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE TEMP............54 58 62 63 63 63 RH..............100 72 58 50 42 38 20 FT WIND......SW 6 W 8 NW 9 NW 9 NW 8 N 6 MIX HGT (FT)....1800 3000 3600 3600 4300 3800 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 29 W 31 W 28 W 20 NW 18 NW 16 DISPERSION......19 42 37 69 71 74 $$ FORECASTER...MONTANEZ REQUESTED BY...SHOAL CR RD TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110224.BEASL.01/BMX