FNUS74 KMEG 151400 FWSMEG SPOT FORECAST FOR CONFEDERATE GRAVESITE...NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 900 AM CDT THU MAR 15 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 15. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING WILL MIX OUT OVER THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS AS SURFACE HEATING DRIVES INCREASED WINDS AND VERTICAL MIXING. VISIBILITIES WILL REMAIN BETWEEN 4 SM AND 6 SM REGIONALLY...BUT MAY BE LOCALLY LOWER NEAR THE BURN SITE AS RAWS OBSERVATIONS INDICATE MINIMAL TEMPERATURE/ DEWPOINT SPREADS. THEREFORE FOG MAY BE LOCALLY DOWN TO 2 SM OR LESS. INSTABILITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORTWAVE. THIS WILL RESULT IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 82. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PRECIP CHC (%)..30 30 30 PRECIP TYPE.....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE TEMPERATURE.....75 79 81 DEWPOINT........63 63 62 RH (%)..........66 57 53 20FT WIND MPH...SW 5 SW 6 SW 5 20FT WIND GUST..7 8 7 MIXHGT M AGL....578 756 1013 MIXHGT FT AGL...1898 2481 3326 MIXHGT M MSL....683 858 1115 MIXHGT FT MSL...2241 2816 3661 TRANS WND M/S...SW 4 SW 4 SW 5 TRANS WND MPH...SW 10 SW 10 SW 12 CATEGORY DAY....2 2 3 .TONIGHT... MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 61. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM CLOUD COVER.....MCLDY PRECIP CHC (%)..30 PRECIP TYPE.....RNSHWR WEATHER COV.....CHANCE TEMPERATURE.....81 DEWPOINT........62 RH (%)..........52 20FT WIND MPH...SW 3 20FT WIND GUST..4 MIXHGT M AGL....833 MIXHGT FT AGL...2736 MIXHGT M MSL....936 MIXHGT FT MSL...3071 TRANS WND M/S...SW 4 TRANS WND MPH...SW 10 CATEGORY DAY....2 .FRIDAY... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...HOWELL REQUESTED BY...TRAVIS NEPPL TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120315.CONFE.03/MEG