FNUS74 KMEG 031234 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR HSRD C-140 141 126...U. S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 634 AM CST THU MAR 3 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON MARCH 03. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE MID SOUTH WILL KEEP DRY AND MILD WEATHER OVER THE MID SOUTH TODAY. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY FROM THE SOUTHEAST THEN SOUTH. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE HIGHER TODAY THAN YESTERDAY BUT STILL WILL DROP TO AROUND 35% THIS AFTERNOON. ABUNDANT MOISTURE WILL RETURN TO THE MID SOUTH BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT MOVING INTO THE REGION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75. MIN HUMIDITY........35 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM CLOUD COVER.....PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PC PRECIP CHC (%)..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 PRECIP TYPE..... WEATHER COV..... TEMPERATURE.....61 66 70 72 74 74 74 72 DEWPOINT........44 44 44 44 44 45 45 46 RH (%)..........54 45 39 36 35 35 36 39 20FTWND DIR.....SE S S S S S S SE 20FTWND SPD MPH.9 10 12 12 12 10 10 9 20FTWND GST MPH.12 14 16 16 16 14 14 12 MIXHGT KM AGL...0.7 1.3 1.8 2.1 2.2 2.0 1.4 0.7 MIXHGT KFT AGL..2.4 4.2 5.7 6.8 7.2 6.7 4.8 2.3 MIXHGT KM MSL...0.8 1.4 1.9 2.2 2.3 2.2 1.6 0.8 MIXHGT KFT MSL..2.8 4.6 6.1 7.2 7.6 7.1 5.2 2.7 TRANSWND DIR....S S S S S S S S TRANS SPD M/S...5 6 7 8 8 8 7 6 TRANS SPD MPH...12 14 16 17 18 18 16 13 CATEGORY DAY....2 3 4 5 5 5 4 3 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 56. MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM CLOUD COVER.....PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY PRECIP CHC (%)..10 10 10 20 20 20 PRECIP TYPE.....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC S CHC TEMPERATURE.....70 64 60 59 59 58 DEWPOINT........47 47 49 50 50 51 RH (%)..........43 55 65 71 74 76 20FT WIND MPH...SE 8 SE 7 SE 8 S 8 SE 8 SE 7 20FT WIND GUST..11 9 11 11 11 9 MIXHGT M AGL....62 0 69 227 192 117 MIXHGT FT AGL...206 0 227 746 630 387 MIXHGT M MSL....184 8 183 349 314 239 MIXHGT FT MSL...606 28 601 1146 1032 787 TRANS WND M/S...S 4 S 4 S 6 S 8 S 7 S 6 TRANS WND MPH...S 10 S 9 S 13 S 17 S 15 S 13 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 1 1 1 1 .FRIDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM CLOUD COVER.....CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY PRECIP CHC (%)..50 50 50 90 90 90 PRECIP TYPE.....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE OCNL OCNL OCNL TEMPERATURE.....58 59 61 65 66 66 DEWPOINT........52 54 55 57 58 58 RH (%)..........81 82 81 76 75 73 20FT WIND MPH...SE 8 SE 9 SE 10 SE 12 SE 13 SE 12 20FT WIND GUST..11 12 14 16 18 16 MIXHGT M AGL....131 441 617 576 560 489 MIXHGT FT AGL...431 1450 2026 1890 1839 1605 MIXHGT M MSL....253 563 739 697 682 611 MIXHGT FT MSL...831 1850 2426 2290 2239 2005 TRANS WND M/S...SE 7 SE 11 S 14 S 13 S 13 S 11 TRANS WND MPH...SE 15 SE 25 S 31 S 29 S 28 S 25 CATEGORY DAY....1 3 4 3 3 3 $$ FORECASTER...HOWELL REQUESTED BY...JIM WALDEN AFMO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110303.HSRDC.01/MEG