FNUS74 KHUN 221155 FWSHUN SPOT FORECAST FOR OWL CREEK...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 655 AM CDT TUE MAR 22 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON MARCH 22. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE BURN AREA. LIGHT 20-FOOT WINDS THIS MORNING WILL BECOME SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST... INCREASING TO 6 TO 13 MPH BY 10 AM. A FEW GUSTS TO 22 MPH ARE POSSIBLE BY THE LATE MORNING...CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD WARM TO AROUND 81 BY 4 PM...WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 40 PERCENT. A SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WIND UP TO 23 MPH BY THE MID/LATE AFTERNOON WILL PROVIDE GOOD DISPERSION RATES. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AS A SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE NORTHWEST. 20-FOOT WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST IN THE 9-13 MPH RANGE...WITH SOUTHWEST TRANSPORT WINDS UP TO 23 MPH. THERE IS A CHANCE OF WETTING RAIN IN THE FORM OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING WEDNESDAY...WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 70S AND MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 55 PERCENT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 13 MPH. CWR.................0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1800 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4100-5000 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 8 TO 15 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 23 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 67 74 79 81 RH..............82 61 50 44 39 20 FT WIND......S 8 SW 9 SW 10 SW 13 SW 13 MIX HGT (FT)....400 1800 1800 4100 5000 TRANSPORT WIND..S 8 SW 15 SW 15 SW 23 SW 23 DISPERSION IDX..5 10 34 64 70 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (25-35 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MAX HUMIDITY........95 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 9 TO 13 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 400-700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 23 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 73 68 65 63 61 RH..............37 44 55 63 73 83 20 FT WIND......SW 9 SW 9 S 10 SW 12 SW 12 SW 13 MIX HGT (FT)....5000 2500 400 400 600 700 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 23 SW 16 S 16 S 16 SW 18 SW 18 DISPERSION IDX..95 47 10 14 16 16 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 10 10 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 75. MIN HUMIDITY........56 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 13 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 30 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......700-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5300-5600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST AROUND 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 23 TO 28 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............59 61 67 71 74 75 RH..............92 88 71 63 58 56 20 FT WIND......SW 13 SW 14 SW 15 SW 15 SW 15 SW 14 MIX HGT (FT)....700 1000 3000 3000 5300 5600 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 18 SW 18 SW 28 SW 28 SW 23 W 26 DISPERSION IDX..16 16 37 67 73 85 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 30 30 30 20 20 $$ FORECASTER...BOYD REQUESTED BY...JEREMY MCDONALD TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110322.OWLCR.01/HUN