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SPOT FORECAST FOR BANKHEAD...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
433 PM CST MON MAR 4 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1655 CST ON MARCH 04.

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

.DISCUSSION...

RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING AS A STORM
SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WIDESPREAD RAIN WITH A FEW
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY. COOLER AND
DRIER CONDITIONS WILL MOVE IN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.


.TONIGHT...
TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....                     CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............52     44     44     44     44     44
RH..............39     58     63     66     72     78
20 FT WIND......SE 3   E 2    E 2    SE 2   SE 2   SE 2
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      5      5
CHC OF PCPN (%).20     20     20     20     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....800    700    800    800    800    700
TRANSPORT WIND..170/14 170/16 180/16 190/14 190/13 190/13
DISPERSION......10     14     17     6      6      6

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............44     48     55     60     61     60
RH..............84     83     73     66     62     59
20 FT WIND......E 2    S 5    S 7    S 8    SW 12  W 13
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     10     15     20     20
CHC OF PCPN (%).90     90     90     90     90     90
MIX HGT (FT)....700    1700   2400   2400   2400   2700
TRANSPORT WIND..180/14 210/21 220/25 220/26 220/30 240/32
DISPERSION......6      14     34     57     64     73

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FORECASTER...GRANTHAM
REQUESTED BY...NOONAN PHIFER
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130304.BANKH.02/BMX