FNUS74 KMEG 070033 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR TIPPAH LAKE...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 633 PM CST TUE MAR 6 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1840 CST ON MARCH 06. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... EXPECT WINDY AND MILD CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE SOUTHEAST. WINDS WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT BUT STRENGTHEN AGAIN DURING THE DAY. IN TIME THE STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL SEND MUCH MORE HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION. IN THE MEANTIME LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT WILL BEGIN TO MOVE TOWARD THE MID SOUTH. AS THE COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION RAIN CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. EXPECT PERIODS OF RAIN... SOMETIMES HEAVY...AHEAD OF AND ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY ACROSS THE MID SOUTH. BETTER CHANCES FOR RAIN IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. .REST OF TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 48. MAX HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM CLOUD COVER.....PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PRECIP CHC (%)..0 0 0 0 0 0 PRECIP TYPE.....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE WEATHER COV..... TEMPERATURE.....60 57 54 52 51 50 DEWPOINT........31 32 34 36 38 40 RH (%)..........33 39 45 53 61 70 20FT WIND MPH...S 9 S 9 S 8 S 8 S 8 S 8 20FT WIND GUST..12 12 11 11 11 11 MIXHGT M AGL....151 0 0 0 0 0 MIXHGT FT AGL...496 0 0 0 0 0 MIXHGT M MSL....317 125 91 92 81 53 MIXHGT FT MSL...1043 413 300 302 266 177 TRANS WND M/S...S 9 S 8 S 7 S 6 S 6 SE 5 TRANS WND MPH...S 21 S 17 S 15 S 14 S 14 SE 12 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 1 1 1 1 .WEDNESDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 69. MIN HUMIDITY........49 PERCENT. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PRECIP CHC (%)..10 10 10 10 10 10 PRECIP TYPE.....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE WEATHER COV..... TEMPERATURE.....49 52 62 68 69 69 DEWPOINT........42 45 47 49 50 50 RH (%)..........75 75 58 51 50 50 20FT WIND MPH...S 8 S 12 S 14 S 15 S 14 S 12 20FT WIND GUST..11 16 19 21 19 16 MIXHGT M AGL....0 180 542 956 1111 1150 MIXHGT FT AGL...0 593 1780 3137 3648 3774 MIXHGT M MSL....91 336 732 1139 1294 1333 MIXHGT FT MSL...301 1103 2404 3737 4248 4375 TRANS WND M/S...SE 5 S 9 S 13 S 14 S 14 S 14 TRANS WND MPH...SE 12 S 20 S 28 S 31 S 31 S 32 CATEGORY DAY....1 1 3 4 4 5 $$ FORECASTER...BRANDA REQUESTED BY...JIM WALDEN TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120306.TIPPA.02/MEG