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SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 141 EAST...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
659 AM CDT FRI MAR 18 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 18.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN DRY TODAY. ALTHOUGH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE IS
EXPECTED TO SLOWLY INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT.
DEWPOINTS WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER THIS AFTERNOON COMPARED TO
YESTERDAY...BUT AFTERNOON MIXING WILL ALLOW RH VALUES TO FALL
BELOW 30 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. A FEW LOCATIONS...
PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHWEST...WILL REACH 25 PERCENT...BUT THE
DURATION SHOULD BE LESS THAN 4 HOURS. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE
FROM THE WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 8-12 MPH THIS AFTERNOON.


.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............57     66     75     81     82
RH..............75     57     42     31     29
20 FT WIND......SW 3   W 5    W 6    SW 6   SW 5
MIX HGT (FT)....1000   2600   4300   4600   4300
TRANSPORT WIND..W 7    W 9    W 9    SW 9   SW 10
DISPERSION......3      30     47     50     53

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............80     67     58     58     57     55
RH..............32     58     91     90     92     96
20 FT WIND......SW 3   SW 2   SW 1   E 0    NE 0   NE 0
MIX HGT (FT)....4000   2400   300    100    300    200
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10  SW 8   S 3    S 2    S 2    SW 3
DISPERSION......50     25     1      1      1      2

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............53     58     68     74     78     80
RH..............100    93     72     60     50     45
20 FT WIND......NW 1   W 1    NW 2   NW 3   NW 3   W 3
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1200   3800   5500   6600   6700
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 3   SW 5   NW 7   NW 8   NW 7   NW 5
DISPERSION......2      2      3      50     49     34

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FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...JACOB THELEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110318.COMPA.01/BMX