FNUS74 KBMX 060042 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR RIPLEYS...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 742 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1934 CDT ON APRIL 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DROP FOR THE NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO AND THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL SET UP FOR WEDNESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE AREA AND SLIDES SLIGHT EAST OF THE AREA...BRINGING A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY WINDS AND WARMER TEMPERATURES. THIS WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A JEMISON TO LAFAYETTE LINE AND ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 POSSIBLE FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WILL MONITOR TO SEE IF AN UPGRADE TO A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE NECESSARY FOR WEDNESDAY. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 36. MAX HUMIDITY........94 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................MISSING. LAL................. MIXING HEIGHT.......3000-4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-1500 FT AGL IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 6 TO 13 MPH DECREASING TO 2 TO 3 MPH LATE IN THE EVENING...THEN SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....64 DECREASING TO 1. TIME (CDT) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... AREAS AREAS AREAS WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE FROST FROST FROST TEMP............52 49 46 40 38 37 RH..............46 55 69 83 86 90 20 FT WIND......NW 3 N 1 NE 0 NE 0 NE 0 NE 0 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....4300 1500 BLW100 300 200 100 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 13 NW 6 W 2 S 3 SE 3 SE 5 DISPERSION......64 11 0 2 2 2 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). AREAS OF FROST EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 76. MIN HUMIDITY........23 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................MISSING. LAL................. MIXING HEIGHT.......0-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4000-4600 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 13 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH 16 TO 21 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 75. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV.....AREAS WEATHER TYPE....FROST NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 45 59 68 73 76 RH..............94 66 40 29 25 23 20 FT WIND......NE 0 E 2 SE 7 S 9 S 10 S 9 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1000 2900 4100 4600 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..E 5 SE 6 SE 7 S 13 S 18 S 20 DISPERSION......2 3 5 48 73 76 $$ FORECASTER...AARON REQUESTED BY...PAM RICHEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20110405.RIPLE.01/BMX