FNUS74 KBMX 091212 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR BLUECUT...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 712 AM CDT MON APR 9 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON APRIL 09. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A DRY FRONT THAT MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL ALABAMA ON SUNDAY WILL HELP TRANSPORT DRIER AIR FROM THE NORTHWEST SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY...AND WILL LEAD TO LOWER RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. CURRENTLY...THE ONLY COUNTIES AREAS THAT COULD BE CLOSE TO FIRE WEATHER WARNING CRITERIA WOULD BE ACROSS THE FAR NORTHEAST...INCLUDING CHEROKEE...ETOWAH...CALHOUN...AND CLEBURNE COUNTIES. AT THIS TIME...THE LATEST DATA SUGGESTS THAT RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL NOT REACH BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR A LONG ENOUGH TIMEFRAME TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THOSE AREAS...BUT INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THE DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORKWEEK...BUT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE DRY ENOUGH TO REACH RED FLAG CRITERIA AT THIS TIME. NO SIGNIFICANT RAIN CHANCES LOOK TO BE IN THE FORECAST AT LEAST THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............56 66 72 74 74 RH..............57 43 34 31 33 20 FT WIND......N 1 N 3 NW 6 NW 7 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2100 4200 5700 6500 6400 TRANSPORT WIND..340/5 330/6 330/8 310/10 310/10 DISPERSION......2 29 52 74 73 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............69 63 58 56 54 53 RH..............40 51 62 68 71 76 20 FT WIND......NW 5 NW 3 N 2 N 1 N 1 N 1 20 FT WIND GUST.10 5 5 <5 <5 <5 MIX HGT (FT)....5900 3400 300 BLW100 200 200 TRANSPORT WIND..310/12 320/8 340/3 330/3 330/3 340/3 DISPERSION......76 34 2 2 2 2 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 54 62 69 72 73 RH..............87 76 55 42 41 39 20 FT WIND......N 2 N 3 NW 5 NW 7 NW 7 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.<5 5 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 1900 6100 8400 8600 6900 TRANSPORT WIND..340/2 330/6 290/13 300/13 310/13 320/14 DISPERSION......1 3 6 108 109 103 $$ FORECASTER...GGOGGINS REQUESTED BY...CLARK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20120409.BLUEC.01/BMX