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SPOT FORECAST FOR CHINNABEE...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
747 AM CDT TUE MAY 3 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 03.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
TO CENTRAL ALABAMA TODAY.  DRY AIR AND COOLER CONDITIONS WILL
FILTER IN BEHIND THE FRONT BY WEDNESDAY.  BASED ON THE LATEST RADAR
LOOP...THE INITIAL LINE OF RAIN SHOULD REACH THE BURN SITE AROUND
11 AM.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....              CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............67     70     63     56     50
RH..............86     87     91     93     93
20 FT WIND......S 3    SW 7   W 10   W 12   NW 10
CHC OF PCPN (%).70     70     70     70     70
MIX HGT (FT)....2100   4400   2400   1400   2100
TRANSPORT WIND..S 17   SW 24  NW 16  NW 13  N 17
DISPERSION......8      32     35     20     34

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............49     49     48     47     46     43
RH..............92     92     94     96     93     96
20 FT WIND......N 10   N 9    N 7    NW 5   NW 2   N 2
CHC OF PCPN (%).70     80     80     80     80     80
MIX HGT (FT)....1900   1600   1600   1800   1600   1000
TRANSPORT WIND..N 18   N 17   N 15   N 13   N 10   NW 9
DISPERSION......34     30     26     8      5      4

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............41     47     57     63     66     68
RH..............93     74     52     40     33     31
20 FT WIND......NW 1   NW 5   N 10   N 10   N 10   N 9
CHC OF PCPN (%).80     0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....500    2200   5400   6500   6700   6500
TRANSPORT WIND..NW 6   N 12   N 22   NW 22  NW 21  NW 20
DISPERSION......3      5      29     74     97     91

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FORECASTER...WESTLAND
REQUESTED BY...SCOTT LAYFIELD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20110503.CHINN.03/BMX