FNUS74 KHUN 041147 FWSHUN SPOT FORECAST FOR OWL CREEK...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 547 AM CST FRI MAR 4 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CST ON MARCH 04. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER TEXAS WILL BRING SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS TO THE BURN LOCATION THROUGH THE DAY...ALTHOUGH THEY WILL LIKELY INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND DURATION SLIGHTLY BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE ANTICIPATED THROUGH THE DAY GIVEN THIS MOISTURE...BUT DISPERSION AND MIXING HEIGHTS WILL RISE THROUGH THE MORNING GIVEN AMPLE SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS. THESE WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHEASTERLY THROUGH THE DAY AT 20 FEET...WITH ONLY A SLIGHT VARIATION IN DIRECTION. FREQUENT GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED...OCCASIONALLY AS HIGH AS 30 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THESE GUSTS WILL ABATE SOME THIS EVENING...BUT WILL REMAIN PRESENT THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. SUNDAY WILL BRING DRY...BUT COOL...WEATHER AND NORTHWEST WINDS. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 65. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CWR.................40 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1300-2500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 18 TO 23 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 28 TO 29 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............56 60 63 64 64 RH..............55 51 49 49 51 20 FT WIND......SE 14 SE 14 S 14 S 14 S 14 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 2200 2500 2500 2500 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 18 SE 23 S 29 S 29 S 28 DISPERSION IDX..21 31 62 62 60 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 40 40 40 40 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 54. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 9 TO 14 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH. CWR.................100 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-3100 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 26 TO 33 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST AROUND 23 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............62 59 58 57 56 55 RH..............58 64 69 74 79 84 20 FT WIND......SE 14 SE 14 S 14 S 13 S 12 SE 10 MIX HGT (FT)....3100 3100 1700 1600 1600 1500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 26 S 26 SE 28 S 33 S 33 SE 23 DISPERSION IDX..65 65 48 37 37 26 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 .SATURDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MIN HUMIDITY........73 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS AROUND 9 MPH. CWR.................100 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 21 TO 28 MPH. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............54 56 59 61 62 61 RH..............89 87 82 77 75 74 20 FT WIND......SE 9 S 9 S 9 SW 9 W 9 W 9 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1500 1900 2000 2000 2000 TRANSPORT WIND..S 28 S 28 S 25 S 24 S 24 S 21 DISPERSION IDX..31 31 28 46 46 39 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 $$ FORECASTER...LEE REQUESTED BY...NIKKA JEFFERSON TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110304.OWLCR.02/HUN