FNUS74 KJAN 061509
FWSJAN

SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 72...FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
909 AM CST FRI JAN 6 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 06.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 TO
15KTS. MOISTURE AND TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO INCREASE WITH DEWPOINTS
CLIMBING INTO THE MID 50S AND AFTERNOON HIGHS REACHING THE UPPER 60S.
RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. WITH THE INCREASED
WINDS TODAY...MIXING HEIGHTS WILL BE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY BUT STILL
BELOW 5KFT. PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AGAIN
TONIGHT.

.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........CLR MCR PC  PC  PC  PC  PC  PC
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....
TEMP............53  56  62  63  65  67  64  61
RH..............62  58  51  50  48  47  54  61
MIX HGT (KFT)...1.2 2.2 3.2 3.8 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.4
MIX HGT (KM)....0.4 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0
TRANSP WIND DIR.SW  SW  W   W   SW  SW  SW  SW
TRANSP WIND SPD.9   14  17  18  18  17  17  17
TRANS SPD (M/S).4   6   8   8   8   8   8   8

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN   RAIN
TEMP............58     57     55     53     52     52
RH..............70     79     87     92     92     90
20 FT WIND DIR..SW     SW     SW     SW     SW     SW
20 FT WIND SPD..5      6      7      8      8      8
20 FT WIND GUST.6      7      8      9      9      9
MIX HGT (FT)....2700   1100   300    300    300    400
MIX HGT (M).....820    340    90     90     90     120
TRANSPORT WIND..SW 16  SW 14  S 10   S 8    SW 8   SW 10
TRAN WIND (M/S).SW 7   SW 6   S 4    S 4    SW 4   SW 4

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FORECASTER...CULIN
REQUESTED BY...TYLER VAN ORMER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120106.COMPA.01/JAN