FNUS74 KHUN 262017 FWSHUN SPOT FORECAST FOR GREENTOWER FIRE...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 317 PM CDT TUE JUN 26 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1509 CDT ON JUNE 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BE PERIODICALLY GUSTING TO NEAR 20 MPH THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING...CONTINUING UPSLOPE FLOW AT THE SITE OF THE FIRE. GUSTS SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF NEARING 8 PM AND LEAVE SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES NEAR 30 PERCENT WILL ALSO CONTINUE UNTIL DAYTIME HEATING ENDS DUE TO DRY AIR SLIDING SOUTH ACROSS NORTH ALABAMA. THE DRIER AIR SHOULD ALLOW FOR COOLER OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES AND RISING RH VALUES OVERNIGHT. DISPERSION RATES WILL DROP OFF OVERNIGHT AS LOW LEVEL WINDS SLACKEN...BUT WILL IMPROVE AGAIN INTO THE GENERALLY GOOD RANGE AFTER 10 AM TOMORROW MORNING. RH VALUES IN THE LOWER 30S WILL DEVELOP AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON BUT WINDS WILL BE WEAKER THAN TODAY. NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED AT LEAST INTO LATE WEEKEND FOR THE AREA...WHILE SUNNY SKIES AND TEMPERATURES RISING BACK TO NEAR 100 DEGREES ARE FORECAST FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 89. MIN HUMIDITY........29 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......5700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 12 TO 17 MPH. TIME (CDT) 3PM 4PM 5PM SKY (%).........CLR CLR CLR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE.... TEMP............91 89 87 RH..............28 29 29 20 FT WIND DIR..NE NE NE 20 FT WIND SPD..10 9 10 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 MIX HGT (KFT)...5.9 5.7 5.7 TRANSP WIND DIR.N N N TRANSP WIND SPD.17 17 17 DISPERSION IDX..76 75 75 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLEAR (0-10 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 62. MAX HUMIDITY........77 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......3700 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-200 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHEAST 15 TO 18 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............84 78 72 68 65 63 RH..............33 39 50 59 70 76 20 FT WIND......N 10 N 8 NE 7 NE 6 E 6 E 5 MIX HGT (FT)....3700 1600 200 200 100 100 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 15 NE 18 NE 8 NE 8 E 7 NE 6 DISPERSION IDX..53 38 2 4 3 3 .WEDNESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (0-10 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 90. MIN HUMIDITY........32 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. MIXING HEIGHT.......100-600 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3700-5100 FT AGL IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....EAST AROUND 6 MPH BECOMING 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............63 70 79 85 89 90 RH..............78 61 45 38 34 32 20 FT WIND......E 3 E 3 E 3 E 2 E 2 E 2 MIX HGT (FT)....100 1600 3700 3700 5100 3800 TRANSPORT WIND..NE 6 E 6 SE 10 SE 10 SE 5 E 5 DISPERSION IDX..3 3 5 47 27 21 $$ FORECASTER...CARCIONE/CROWE REQUESTED BY...PAUL GILLILAND TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20120626.GREEN.02/HUN