FNUS74 KMEG 012309 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR COLLIER BURN...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 509 PM CST THU MAR 1 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1725 CST ON MARCH 01. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MILDER AND CONSIDERABLY MORE HUMID AIR WILL SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... BEHIND A GULF WARM FRONT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING...NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40. A SURFACE COLD FRONT / DRYLINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDSOUTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DRIER...COOLER AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BEHIND THIS COLD FRONT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL PRODUCE WETTING RAINS... MAINLY EAST OF A TUNICA MS TO JACKSON TN TO PARIS TN LINE. TO THE WEST OF THIS LINE... RAIN WILL BE MORE SCATTERED AND WETTING RAIN CHANCES MORE LIMITED. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 73. MIN HUMIDITY........21 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 5 PM CLOUD COVER.....MCLEAR PRECIP CHC (%)..0 PRECIP TYPE.....NONE WEATHER COV..... TEMPERATURE.....70 DEWPOINT........39 RH (%)..........32 20FT WIND MPH...S 6 20FT WIND GUST..8 MIXHGT M AGL....860 MIXHGT FT AGL...2824 MIXHGT M MSL....1009 MIXHGT FT MSL...3313 TRANS WND M/S...S 5 TRANS WND MPH...S 12 CATEGORY DAY....3 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 63. MAX HUMIDITY........80 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM CLOUD COVER.....MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PRECIP CHC (%)..10 10 20 50 50 50 PRECIP TYPE.....NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR WEATHER COV..... ISOLTD SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD TEMPERATURE.....68 65 65 67 67 68 DEWPOINT........43 51 56 58 60 61 RH (%)..........40 60 73 72 78 80 20FT WIND MPH...S 6 S 6 S 6 S 7 S 8 S 9 20FT WIND GUST..8 8 8 9 11 12 MIXHGT M AGL....510 132 0 13 94 90 MIXHGT FT AGL...1675 434 0 43 310 296 MIXHGT M MSL....659 281 115 162 243 238 MIXHGT FT MSL...2163 922 379 532 799 784 TRANS WND M/S...S 5 S 5 S 6 S 7 S 7 S 7 TRANS WND MPH...S 12 S 12 S 13 S 15 S 16 S 16 CATEGORY DAY....2 1 1 1 1 1 .FRIDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79. MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PRECIP CHC (%)..40 40 40 40 40 60 PRECIP TYPE.....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY TEMPERATURE.....69 70 73 76 78 76 DEWPOINT........61 61 63 65 63 61 RH (%)..........76 73 71 68 61 60 20FT WIND MPH...S 10 S 13 SW 15 SW 16 SW 15 SW 12 20FT WIND GUST..14 18 21 22 21 16 MIXHGT M AGL....64 304 726 1129 1320 1349 MIXHGT FT AGL...210 1000 2385 3706 4331 4427 MIXHGT M MSL....213 453 875 1278 1469 1498 MIXHGT FT MSL...699 1489 2873 4194 4820 4915 TRANS WND M/S...S 8 S 10 SW 13 SW 16 SW 17 SW 17 TRANS WND MPH...S 17 S 22 SW 29 SW 35 SW 38 SW 38 CATEGORY DAY....1 2 4 5 5 5 $$ FORECASTER...BRANDA REQUESTED BY...JIM WALDEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120301.COLLI.02/MEG