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SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 55...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
628 AM CST TUE JAN 22 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1050 CST ON JANUARY 22.

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

.DISCUSSION...

DRY AIR WILL FILTER INTO THE STATE TODAY AS A SURFACE HIGH SKIMS
US TO THE NORTH. FORTUNATELY...COOLER TEMPERATURES WILL ACCOMPANY
THE DRIER AIR. THE MAIN AREA OF FOCUS TODAY WILL BE THE EASTERN
HALF OF THE STATE...AND THOUGH A FEW SPOTS COULD SEE RH VALUES
FALL BELOW CRITICAL THRESHOLDS...IT SHOULD ONLY BE FOR A COUPLE OF
HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. BIBB COUNTY WILL BE ON THE EDGE...BUT SHOULD
REMAIN ABOVE THRESHOLDS. WORKING ON HYSPLIT...WILL BE SENT SHORTLY.


.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR CLEAR  MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............37     43     47     47     43
RH..............61     48     36     35     55
20 FT WIND......N 6    N 5    N 5    N 5    N 3
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     10     10     5
MIX HGT (FT)....2100   2900   3600   3600   2900
TRANSPORT WIND..020/9  010/7  350/6  350/5  010/2
DISPERSION......4      22     23     20     8

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............40     36     33     31     30     29
RH..............55     64     73     80     81     79
20 FT WIND......N 2    N 1    N 0    NE 0   NE 0   NE 0
20 FT WIND GUST.5      <5     <5     <5     <5     <5
MIX HGT (FT)....2300   900    200    200    300    400
TRANSPORT WIND..010/2  040/3  060/3  080/3  070/3  080/5
DISPERSION......7      4      0      2      2      2

.WEDNESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............29     35     44     51     55     53
RH..............80     60     45     40     42     51
20 FT WIND......NE 0   E 1    SE 2   SW 3   SW 5   SW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.<5     <5     5      5      10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....500    700    900    1100   1500   1300
TRANSPORT WIND..100/6  120/7  130/7  130/8  180/10 190/10
DISPERSION......3      3      3      11     17     16

$$
FORECASTER...UNGER
REQUESTED BY...JACOB THELEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130122.COMPA.02/BMX