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SPOT FORECAST FOR QUAIL...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
743 AM CST MON JAN 16 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CST ON JANUARY 16.

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

.DISCUSSION...

MOISTURE WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TODAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A COLD FRONT THROUGH
THE AREA LATE TUESDAY. RAIN CHANCES WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL RETURN ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY BUT RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL
THRESHOLDS.


.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............47     53     57     59     54
RH..............45     39     36     35     43
20 FT WIND......S 9    S 10   S 12   S 12   S 12
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....900    1500   2000   2100   1300
TRANSPORT WIND..S 14   S 17   S 18   S 18   S 17
DISPERSION......12     28     35     36     26

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............52     47     45     45     45     45
RH..............48     61     71     77     82     87
20 FT WIND......S 10   S 10   S 10   S 9    S 9    S 9
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     20     20     20     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....800    500    400    500    500    600
TRANSPORT WIND..S 16   S 13   S 14   S 18   S 18   S 18
DISPERSION......19     9      9      16     16     16

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............45     50     57     60     62     61
RH..............92     87     78     79     73     73
20 FT WIND......S 10   S 12   S 13   SW 14  SW 12  SW 9
CHC OF PCPN (%).80     80     80     80     80     80
MIX HGT (FT)....700    1000   1500   2100   2500   2200
TRANSPORT WIND..S 18   S 18   SW 22  SW 25  SW 26  SW 25
DISPERSION......16     16     24     50     57     52

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FORECASTER...TGOGGINS
REQUESTED BY...SHOAL CREEK RD
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
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