FNUS74 KBMX 022226 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR OAKMULGEE 2012...U.S. FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 426 PM CST MON JAN 2 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1604 CST ON JANUARY 02. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 5 PM CST TUESDAY... .DISCUSSION... WITH DEW POINTS IN THE TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE FALLEN BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. THIS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. THESE EXTREMELY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ON TUESDAY...AND THOUGH WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG...ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA SHOULD MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON TUESDAY. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-5 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 23. MAX HUMIDITY........60 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................ZERO. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-6000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 3400-3800 FT AGL AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 29 TO 38 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 22 TO 28 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....167 INCREASING TO 226 EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 200 LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 178 LATE IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 150 DECREASING TO 12 AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CST) 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............42 38 35 33 28 25 RH..............22 34 44 45 53 60 20 FT WIND......NW 8 NW 7 NW 6 NW 6 NW 5 NW 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....6000 5600 4700 3800 3800 3600 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 38 NW 36 NW 32 NW 29 N 26 N 24 DISPERSION......170 226 178 13 12 11 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-5 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 41. MIN HUMIDITY........20 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................ZERO. MIXING HEIGHT.......2800-3800 FT AGL. MIXING WINDS........NORTHWEST 12 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO AROUND 10 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. DISPERSION INDEX....10 INCREASING TO 46 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN DECREASING TO 36 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............23 28 32 36 41 39 RH..............59 47 34 26 21 24 20 FT WIND......N 3 N 7 N 8 NW 7 NW 7 NW 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....3200 3400 3600 3700 3700 3200 TRANSPORT WIND..N 21 N 16 N 14 N 13 NW 12 NW 12 DISPERSION......9 11 9 46 41 46 $$ FORECASTER...TGOGGINS REQUESTED BY...C RAGLAND TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120102.OAKMU.01/BMX