FNUS74 KBMX 262303 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR ASTER...US FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 503 PM CST MON NOV 26 2012 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1539 CST ON NOVEMBER 26. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL BRING NUMEROUS TO WIDESPREAD LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS TO ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA TONIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY. A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON TUESDAY. THE FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...WITH DRIER AIR FILTERING IN BY TUESDAY NIGHT. THE DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK. HOWEVER...NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED AS RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MAX HUMIDITY........90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS. CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......300-700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 9 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....4. TIME (CST) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............59 56 53 52 51 50 RH..............48 55 62 68 74 81 20 FT WIND......SW 3 S 2 S 2 S 2 S 2 S 2 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 80 80 80 80 MIX HGT (FT)....700 300 300 300 300 400 TRANSPORT WIND..170/9 170/8 170/8 180/8 180/7 190/8 DISPERSION......4 4 4 7 6 4 .TUESDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING...THEN SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MIN HUMIDITY........74 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTH AROUND 5 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2300 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 9 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH 13 TO 14 MPH LATE IN THE MORNING. DISPERSION INDEX....10 INCREASING TO 28 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 32 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 23 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON. TIME (CST) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE S CHC S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............49 52 56 58 57 53 RH..............90 85 79 80 77 83 20 FT WIND......S 2 S 2 W 2 NW 2 NW 3 N 5 20 FT WIND GUST.5 5 5 5 5 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 90 90 90 90 MIX HGT (FT)....400 600 1100 1800 2300 2000 TRANSPORT WIND..210/9 230/9 260/10 340/14 350/14 350/13 DISPERSION......6 8 14 32 29 25 $$ FORECASTER...LINHARES REQUESTED BY...NOONAN PHIFER TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20121126.ASTER.01/BMX