FNUS74 KBMX 171608 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR SHORTLEAF PLANTATIONS...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 1108 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1300 CDT ON OCTOBER 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... TEMPERATURES WARMING UP TO NEAR 80 THIS AFTERNOON WILL DROP RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES INTO THE MID 30S. WINDS WILL HAVE A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT WITH FAIR TO GOOD DISPERSION. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...AFTER MIDNIGHT. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE TEMP............74 76 79 RH..............40 37 34 20 FT WIND......S 12 S 12 S 12 20 FT WIND GUST.20 20 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....4300 4700 4400 TRANSPORT WIND..170/22 180/22 180/21 DISPERSION......63 65 81 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............CLEAR MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC CHANCE CHANCE DEFNTE S CHC WEATHER TYPE....NONE TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............69 64 64 65 64 63 RH..............49 58 60 70 84 91 20 FT WIND......S 9 S 7 S 9 S 12 S 9 SW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 15 20 15 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 90 90 90 90 90 MIX HGT (FT)....1700 300 600 600 1700 3100 TRANSPORT WIND..170/20 170/21 170/24 180/26 210/28 300/26 DISPERSION......43 8 22 24 31 12 .THURSDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............PCLDY MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 55 60 68 71 71 RH..............87 82 69 43 32 29 20 FT WIND......W 3 W 3 SW 7 W 9 W 12 SW 10 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 10 15 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....1400 1800 4900 7200 9200 9400 TRANSPORT WIND..290/13 280/9 280/18 280/24 270/25 270/23 DISPERSION......6 4 12 116 94 122 $$ FORECASTER...GARRISON REQUESTED BY...KERRY CLARK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20121017.SHORT.01/BMX