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SPOT FORECAST FOR IRON CITY D...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
630 AM CDT FRI APR 27 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0800 CDT ON APRIL 27.

IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW SHOULD CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES REMAINING ABOVE 50 PERCENT. NOT
EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF FOG FORMATION BUT LOW CLOUD
DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 AM AND THEN AGAIN OVERNIGHT.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............66     69     76     81     82     81
RH..............83     78     64     55     52     53
20 FT WIND......W 2    W 2    W 3    W 5    SW 5   SW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      10     10     5
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     20     20     20     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....800    2300   3100   3000   3900   4500
TRANSPORT WIND..240/10 250/8  260/7  260/7  250/9  240/9
DISPERSION......5      4      17     17     25     27

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............80     72     65     62     61     60
RH..............56     74     93     97     96     96
20 FT WIND......SW 3   S 1    E 0    E 0    E 0    SW 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5      <5     <5     <5     <5     <5
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....4400   2800   300    100    500    700
TRANSPORT WIND..220/8  190/6  160/3  190/3  210/7  230/10
DISPERSION......31     20     1      2      3      5

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............60     62     73     81     84     85
RH..............97     93     67     48     41     39
20 FT WIND......NW 0   NW 1   SW 3   SW 7   SW 8   SW 7
20 FT WIND GUST.<5     <5     5      15     15     15
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....700    1100   2000   4000   5200   5000
TRANSPORT WIND..210/8  200/7  190/9  200/16 210/20 220/20
DISPERSION......4      3      4      60     83     81

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FORECASTER...GRANTHAM
REQUESTED BY...JSMITH
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20120427.IRONC.01/BMX