FNUS74 KBMX 131453 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BLARNEY...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 852 AM CST MON FEB 13 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0834 CST ON FEBRUARY 13. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A VERY DRY AIRMASS CURRENTLY IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY FOR ROUGHLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF CENTRAL ALABAMA. CLEBURNE COUNTY SHOULD NOT BE QUITE AS DRY AS YESTERDAY AND SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE RED FLAG LIMITS. MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE DURING THE EVENING BRINGING A CHANCE FOR RAIN AFTER AROUND 9 PM...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH A LITTLE SLEET INITIALLY. HOWEVER...SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING AND THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD SWITCH BACK TO ALL RAIN BY AROUND MIDNIGHT WHEN SOME WARMER AIR FILTER INTO THE AREA. .TODAY... TIME (CST) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY.............MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............35 44 46 46 44 RH..............48 36 28 31 42 20 FT WIND......E 2 S 2 S 5 S 5 SW 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 100 MIX HGT (FT)....2600 3800 4200 4100 3600 TRANSPORT WIND..S 3 S 7 S 8 S 9 S 13 DISPERSION......2 31 31 34 50 .TONIGHT... TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............42 35 35 35 35 35 RH..............42 59 67 75 82 89 20 FT WIND......SW 1 SE 1 E 1 E 2 E 2 E 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 MIX HGT (FT)....3100 1300 800 1700 1000 500 TRANSPORT WIND..S 13 S 13 S 13 S 14 SE 12 SE 13 DISPERSION......31 19 14 15 10 11 .TUESDAY... TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN RAIN TEMP............35 39 44 47 48 48 RH..............92 76 67 69 69 71 20 FT WIND......E 3 E 3 E 3 E 2 S 2 SW 2 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 70 70 70 MIX HGT (FT)....600 600 700 900 1200 1600 TRANSPORT WIND..SE 15 S 15 S 14 S 10 S 9 SW 9 DISPERSION......13 13 12 12 13 18 $$ FORECASTER...KEISER REQUESTED BY...NOONAN PHIFER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120213.BLARN.01/BMX