FNUS74 KBMX 211159 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR WESTEND SW...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 659 AM CDT MON MAR 21 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... PATCHY DENSE FOG AND LOW CLOUDS WILL DEVELOP MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 THIS MORNING. BUT CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE BY 9 AM. MIXING THE NEXT FEW AFTERNOONS WILL DROP AFTERNOON RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO NEAR 30 PERCENT. DISPERSION INDICES WILL BE GOOD THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 MPH AND 20 FOOT WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE PREVAILING WIND DIRECTION WILL BE SOUTHWEST. PATCHY FOG WILL BE AROUND AGAIN ON TUESDAY MORNING...FORMING JUST BEFORE SUNRISE AND MIXING OUT QUICKLY BETWEEN 8 AND 9 AM. THE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LAYER WILL BE MUCH LESS ON TUESDAY MORNING. AN INVERSION DOES SETUP OVERNIGHT...SO MIXING SHOULD BE EXTREMELY LOW AND THEREFORE LOW DISPERSION. THE INVERSION IS NOT AS STRONG ON TUESDAY MORNING SO THERE SHOULD NOT BE THE GUSTS THAT THERE ARE THIS MORNING. IT MAY GUST ONLY AFTER INVERSION BREAKS. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............61 65 72 77 79 RH..............81 66 51 39 32 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 7 SW 8 W 9 SW 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....1100 2400 4600 5700 5000 TRANSPORT WIND..S 13 SW 14 SW 16 W 16 SW 14 DISPERSION......11 9 64 70 57 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE FOG TEMP............76 65 56 52 50 49 RH..............35 51 74 83 90 90 20 FT WIND......SW 7 SW 6 SW 5 SW 6 SW 6 SW 6 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....3700 2100 700 400 400 400 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 15 SW 14 SW 12 SW 8 SW 9 SW 14 DISPERSION......68 37 10 5 6 9 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV.....PATCHY PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FOG FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............48 51 66 77 81 82 RH..............95 91 62 41 34 31 20 FT WIND......SW 6 SW 7 SW 8 SW 10 SW 13 SW 12 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....300 900 2200 4000 5300 5300 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 13 SW 13 W 16 W 20 W 22 W 22 DISPERSION......8 8 11 73 69 69 $$ FORECASTER...LINHARES REQUESTED BY...JOE SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110321.WESTE.01/BMX