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SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 15...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
612 AM CST FRI MAR 1 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0635 CST ON MARCH 01.

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

.DISCUSSION...NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH COLD AIR
INTO CENTRAL ALABAMA THROUGH SATURDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL IMPULSE
WILL APPROACH NORTH ALABAMA TONIGHT AND BRING A CHANCE OF
RAIN AND SNOW TO THE AREA TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON
SATURDAY.


.TODAY...
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............33     35     42     46     49     48
RH..............78     75     58     48     41     41
20 FT WIND......NW 2   NW 5   NW 7   W 9    W 10   NW 9
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     15     15     15
MIX HGT (FT)....400    3200   4700   4400   4700   4600
TRANSPORT WIND..320/7  300/9  300/13 290/16 290/17 290/17
DISPERSION......3      6      17     47     51     51

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     S CHC  S CHC  S CHC
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   SNOW   SNOW   SNOW
TEMP............45     42     39     38     35     33
RH..............45     55     64     67     74     78
20 FT WIND......NW 7   NW 5   NW 3   W 3    NW 5   NW 5
20 FT WIND GUST.10     10     5      5      10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....4100   3800   3700   3500   2400   1100
TRANSPORT WIND..300/16 310/17 310/18 310/17 310/14 310/12
DISPERSION......45     47     49     12     9      8

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR SNSHWR
TEMP............32     37     39     40     43     43
RH..............78     67     59     56     47     44
20 FT WIND......NW 6   NW 8   NW 10  NW 12  NW 12  NW 10
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     15     20     20     15
MIX HGT (FT)....500    2300   3600   3800   4100   4000
TRANSPORT WIND..310/10 320/14 320/17 310/18 320/18 320/20
DISPERSION......9      19     23     50     51     54

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FORECASTER...ROSE
REQUESTED BY...JACOB THELEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130301.COMPA.01/BMX