FNUS72 KFFC 202058 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR DRY SLOUGH...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 458 PM EDT TUE MAR 20 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 EDT ON MARCH 21. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... THERE ARE SOME INDICATIONS THAT SOME LOW CLOUDS COULD FORM OVERNIGHT OVER THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD WESTWARD. THESE LOW CLOUDS WOULD PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BEFORE GIVING WAY TO JUST SCATTERED CUMULUS. DO EXPECT A HEALTHY LAYER OF HIGH CLOUDS AS WELL THOUGH MAKING THE OVERALL FORECAST MOSTLY CLOUDY. STILL EXPECTING MAIN STORM SYSTEM TO REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY SO POPS WILL BE 10 PERCENT OR LESS AT THE FIRE SITE. CURRENT FORECAST INDICATES 4 TO 5 FOR LVORI EARLY THU MORNING. AS FOR WIND GUSTS...THINKING SOUTH EXPOSURE AND SE WINDS COULD RESULT IN FREQUENT GUSTS TO 15 TO 20 MPH. HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THE AREA TODAY...WITH MOISTURE INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHEAST. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATER IN THE WEEK. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-75 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81. MIN HUMIDITY........33 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700-5700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 7 MPH INCREASING TO 16 TO 24 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....0 INCREASING TO 10 EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 47 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 90 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 118 DECREASING TO 97 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 72. LVORI...............3. TIME (EDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........46 49 51 53 52 WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 68 76 80 81 RH..............83 62 45 37 33 20 FT WIND......SE 2 SE 6 SE 10 SE 12 SE 10 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 20 15 DISPERSION IDX..47 120 97 73 67 LVORI...........3 1 1 1 1 CWR.............10 10 10 10 10 .WEDNESDAY NIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58. MAX HUMIDITY........85 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT BECOMING LIGHT. CWR.................10 PERCENT INCREASING TO 20 PERCENT AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 0-200 FT AGL EARLY IN THE EVENING. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST AROUND 16 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING. DISPERSION INDEX....47 DECREASING TO 4. LVORI...............3. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77. MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHEAST 6 TO 9 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE MORNING. CWR.................20 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......0 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-4900 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHEAST 7 TO 16 MPH INCREASING TO 15 TO 17 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 16 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 27 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 38 LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 49 INCREASING TO 62 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 54 DECREASING TO 44 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. LVORI...............3. $$ FORECASTER...DEESE REQUESTED BY...JEFFREY SCHARDT TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120321.DRYSL.02/FFC