FNUS74 KJAN 241426 FWSJAN SPOT FORECAST FOR COMP 53...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 926 AM CDT THU MAR 24 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MARCH 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION...THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA LAST NIGHT WAS ALREADY WELL SOUTH OF THE BURN AREA...ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10 CORRIDOR. HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED WELL TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST OF OUR AREA WILL DOMINATE TODAY. THIS WILL RESULT IN COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS OVER THE BURN AREA. BASED ON THE MORNING SOUNDING HAVE LOWERED MIXING HEIGHTS TODAY AS A FAIRLY STRONG SUBSIDENCE INVERSION WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. THE COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL OFFSET THE LOWER DEW POINTS RESULTING IN MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES JUST ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTS AT THE 20 FOOT LEVEL WILL EXCEED 15 MPH AT TIMES TODAY BECOMING LIGHTER BY LATE AFTERNOON. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 62 65 67 RH..............45 39 33 30 20 FT WIND DIR..N NW NW NW 20 FT WIND SPD..8 9 9 8 20 FT WIND GUST.13 15 15 13 MIX HGT (FT)....2300 2600 3600 4700 MIX HGT (M).....700 790 1100 1430 TRANSPORT WIND..N 16 NW 15 NW 13 NW 12 TRAN WIND (M/S).N 7 NW 7 NW 6 NW 5 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............62 56 50 47 44 42 RH..............39 47 63 71 77 82 20 FT WIND DIR..N N N NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..7 6 3 2 2 2 20 FT WIND GUST.12 9 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3400 1600 400 300 1100 800 MIX HGT (M).....1040 490 120 90 340 240 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 12 N 12 N 12 NE 12 NE 10 E 9 TRAN WIND (M/S).NW 5 N 5 N 5 NE 5 NE 4 E 4 $$ FORECASTER...EDMONSTON REQUESTED BY...JEFF MYERS TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20110324.COMP5.01/JAN