FNUS74 KHUN 091145 FWSHUN SPOT FORECAST FOR AAMU FARM BURN WEST 2012...ALABAMA A&M UNIVERSITY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 545 AM CST THU FEB 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CST ON FEBRUARY 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE OHIO AND TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEYS WILL CONTROL THE GENERAL WEATHER SITUATION TODAY. THIS HIGH WILL DRIFT SOUTHEAST OF THIS AREA TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH LOWER LEVEL CLOUDS ACROSS THE REGION SHOULD SLOWLY THIN BY THE LATE MORNING...TOTAL CLOUD COVERAGE WILL INCREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON...AS ANOTHER SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING A CHANCE OF RAIN ACROSS THE REGION ON FRIDAY. TODAY ACROSS THE BURN AREA...LIGHT NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PREVAIL. THIS WILL RESULT IN FAIR DISPERSION WITH MIXING HEIGHTS RISING TO AROUND 3700 FEET IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON. DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...EXPECT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 50 PERCENT...ALONG WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE UPPER 40S. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......1200-3000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 8 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST 1 TO 3 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............36 42 46 48 44 RH..............80 61 53 50 59 20 FT WIND......N 3 N 3 N 2 NW 3 NW 3 MIX HGT (FT)....3000 3000 3700 3700 3700 TRANSPORT WIND..E 8 E 8 W 1 NW 3 NW 3 DISPERSION IDX..19 26 5 16 16 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 29. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CWR.................0 PERCENT. LAL.................1. MIXING HEIGHT.......200-1000 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 3 TO 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............42 37 35 33 31 30 RH..............68 80 89 93 97 99 20 FT WIND......NW 3 N 2 N 2 NE 1 N 1 N 1 MIX HGT (FT)....1000 1000 300 200 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..NW 7 NW 7 NW 5 N 5 N 5 N 3 DISPERSION IDX..3 3 2 2 2 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 53. MIN HUMIDITY........39 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2900-4300 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 8 MPH INCREASING TO AROUND 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............29 32 41 48 52 52 RH..............100 85 62 46 40 42 20 FT WIND......E 1 SE 1 S 2 SW 3 W 5 W 5 MIX HGT (FT)....300 300 2900 3900 3900 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..N 2 N 2 NW 5 W 8 W 8 W 12 DISPERSION IDX..1 1 17 22 22 33 $$ FORECASTER...BOYD REQUESTED BY...DARYL LAWSON CBM TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120209.AAMUF.01/HUN