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SPOT FORECAST FOR MORELAND...USFS BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
853 AM CST SUN FEB 17 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 CST ON FEBRUARY 17.

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

A VERY DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE AREA WILL LEAD TO RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES OF 18 TO 25 PERCENT FROM THE LATE MORNING THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON...AND THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO
COVER THE ENTIRE AREA.

MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ON MONDAY AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONT.
A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA
MONDAY NIGHT AND EARLY TUESDAY WITH WIDESPREAD RAINFALL. DRIER
CONDITIONS WILL ONCE AGAIN MOVE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY.


.TODAY...
TIME (CST)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............31     43     47     48     47
RH..............55     34     25     24     31
20 FT WIND......SW 3   SW 5   SW 7   SW 7   S 6
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....3800   5500   6000   5700   4700
TRANSPORT WIND..300/12 290/13 280/12 260/10 210/10
DISPERSION......5      72     76     66     50

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............44     36     33     32     32     32
RH..............38     50     58     62     64     70
20 FT WIND......S 3    S 3    S 3    S 5    S 5    S 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....3200   1100   100    200    200    200
TRANSPORT WIND..190/10 170/9  170/8  170/9  180/10 180/10
DISPERSION......41     14     1      4      5      5

.WASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............32     39     50     57     59     59
RH..............73     62     45     35     34     37
20 FT WIND......SE 5   S 8    S 13   S 15   S 16   S 15
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     20     25     30     25
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....200    700    2300   4700   6200   6000
TRANSPORT WIND..180/10 190/16 190/25 200/32 190/36 190/37
DISPERSION......5      11     34     96     119    121

$$
FORECASTER...JAARON
REQUESTED BY...KERRY CLARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130217.MOREL.01/BMX