FNUS74 KHUN 051825 FWSHUN SPOT FORECAST FOR LIRI_N05WF...NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 125 PM CDT THU APR 5 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1309 CDT ON APRIL 05. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... CLUSTERS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON AS A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. AS THE FRONT BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE HEADING INTO THE EARLY EVENING PERIOD. ANY PRECIPITATION WILL THEN BEGIN TO TAPER OFF LATER THIS EVENING WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG EARLY IN THE MORNING. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING WEST 5 TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................20 PERCENT INCREASING TO 70 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-400 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6600 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST 9 TO 15 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 71. TIME (CDT) 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............69 70 70 RH..............60 54 54 20 FT WIND......W 6 W 10 W 10 MIX HGT (FT)....3300 3300 6600 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 9 SW 9 SW 15 DISPERSION IDX..24 24 51 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 70 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT...THEN BECOMING NORTH 5 TO 7 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING. CWR.................70 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......6600 FT AGL DECREASING TO 1800-3400 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 9 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 13 TO 20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............68 63 58 55 52 50 RH..............57 68 77 79 81 83 20 FT WIND......W 9 W 5 W 3 N 3 N 3 N 6 MIX HGT (FT)....6600 3400 3300 3300 2300 1800 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 15 W 14 W 9 W 9 N 13 N 20 DISPERSION IDX..51 36 32 4 9 13 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 40 40 40 40 40 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). MIN HUMIDITY........47 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 6 TO 9 MPH. CWR.................40 PERCENT DECREASING TO 10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......1500-2700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 5100-5900 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 13 TO 22 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AROUND 12 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............49 51 56 60 63 64 RH..............83 77 63 48 42 43 20 FT WIND......N 7 N 9 NE 9 NE 7 NE 6 NE 6 MIX HGT (FT)....1800 1500 2700 2700 5100 5900 TRANSPORT WIND..N 20 N 22 NE 18 NE 18 NE 13 N 12 DISPERSION IDX..22 15 12 63 75 76 CHC OF PCPN (%).40 10 10 10 10 10 $$ FORECASTER...GRIFFIN REQUESTED BY...MARY SHEW TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120405.LIRI_.05/HUN