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SPOT FORECAST FOR WHEEL BEARING...US FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1156 AM CDT MON JUL 23 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1150 CDT ON JULY 23.

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

.DISCUSSION...

CLIMBING INTO THE MID 90S THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. LIGHT WINDS.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY SUNNY (20-30 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 93.
MIN HUMIDITY........58 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-700 FT AGL INCREASING TO 6800-8000 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST 2 TO 5 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....2 INCREASING TO 22 LATE IN THE MORNING.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............89     92     93     91
RH..............68     57     54     54
20 FT WIND......NW 2   W 2    N 2    SW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     30     30     30
MIX HGT (FT)....6800   7200   8000   8000
TRANSPORT WIND..330/5  330/3  280/2  260/2
DISPERSION......25     26     19     19

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
                    AND THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN
                    SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN
                    THE EVENING.
MAX HUMIDITY........91 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 72.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............89     83     77     75     74     73
RH..............56     70     89     89     88     89
20 FT WIND......SW 2   SW 2   SW 1   SE 1   S 1    W 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      <5     <5     <5     <5
CHC OF PCPN (%).30     20     20     20     20     20

.TUESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (10-20 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND
                    THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 92.
MIN HUMIDITY........54 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
                    IN THE MORNING.
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200-2000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 8500-8800 FT AGL.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....NORTHWEST 7 TO 12 MPH.
DISPERSION INDEX....4 INCREASING TO 95.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....       S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............73     77     84     89     91     92
RH..............91     85     75     63     57     54
20 FT WIND......W 1    W 2    W 3    W 5    W 6    NW 6
20 FT WIND GUST.<5     5      5      10     10     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     30     30     30     30     30
MIX HGT (FT)....200    2000   5400   7500   8600   8700
TRANSPORT WIND..300/7  310/10 310/12 310/10 300/9  300/10
DISPERSION......3      5      5      82     80     90

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FORECASTER...GARRISON
REQUESTED BY...NOONAN PHIFER
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20120723.WHEEL.01/BMX