FNUS74 KJAN 141231
FWSJAN

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPTS  53 54 SOUTH...U.S. FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
731 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1100 CDT ON APRIL 14.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...CLOUDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED THROUGH THE MUCH OF THE BURN
PERIOD WITH SOME LOWER CEILINGS AROUND 3 TO 4 KFT WORKING THEIR WAY IN
BY MID-AFTERNOON TO LATE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT AND SURFACE WINDS WILL
BE OUT OF THE SOUTH AND ALLOW FOR GOOD DISPERSION OF SMOKE IF BURN AREA
IS NOT HIGHLY SHELTERED. HOWEVER...NORTHERN SLOPES MAY NOT VENTILATE AS WELL
MIXING HEIGHTS WILL INCREASE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN SLIGHTLY
DECREASE BY 7PM. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL DRY OUT TO THE UPPER 30
PERCENTS BEFORE INCREASING MOISTURE FILTERS IN FROM THE SOUTH AS A WARM
FRONT OVERSPREADS THE REGION./ALLEN/

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY (%).........MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............67     74     79     80
RH..............59     46     39     40
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..7      9      9      8
20 FT WIND GUST.15     17     17     16
MIX HGT (FT)....3500   4100   5400   5400
MIX HGT (M).....1070   1250   1650   1650
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 10  S 12   SW 12  S 12
TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 4   S 5    SW 5   S 5

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE
TEMP............78     69
RH..............44     63
20 FT WIND DIR..S      S
20 FT WIND SPD..7      7
20 FT WIND GUST.15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....4700   1100
MIX HGT (M).....1430   340
TRANSPORT WIND..S 13   S 14
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 6    S 6

$$
FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...GARY BUFKIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110414.COMPT.01/JAN