FNUS74 KBMX 101100 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR INMAN CLIFTY...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 600 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 10. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... MOISTURE HAS BEEN RATHER SLOW TO INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. HAVE UNDERCUT ALL MODEL GUIDANCE FOR DEWPOINTS THIS AFTERNOON GIVEN THE CURRENT TRENDS. GIVEN THE EXPECTED DEWPOINTS...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES THIS AFTERNOON COULD FALL INTO THE 27 TO 30 PERCENT RANGE IN MANY AREAS. DO NOT ANTICIPATE HAVING TO ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING CONSIDERING THE AFOREMENTIONED RH VALUES. WINDS COULD BE QUITE GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON WITH 20 FOOT WIND GUSTING AS HIGH AS 25 TO 30 MPH. EVEN THOUGH CONDITIONS MAY NOT MEET RED FLAG CRITERIA...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH RH VALUES NEAR 30 PERCENT WILL CREATE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER. WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. A RETURN TO DRIER CONDITIONS IS EXPECTED FOR SEVERAL DAYS BEHIND THE FRONT BEGINNING ON TUESDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............57 61 66 70 70 RH..............44 41 36 30 31 20 FT WIND......SE 9 SE 14 S 16 S 16 S 16 20 FT WIND GUST.15 25 30 30 30 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....700 1900 3000 3900 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..160/16 160/26 170/30 180/32 180/33 DISPERSION......14 30 71 88 96 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV..... S CHC S CHC CHANCE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............69 65 60 57 56 56 RH..............36 46 60 67 75 81 20 FT WIND......S 12 SE 10 SE 12 SE 12 S 10 S 9 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 20 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 80 80 80 80 80 MIX HGT (FT)....4000 3100 2000 1700 1600 1600 TRANSPORT WIND..170/35 170/35 170/33 180/32 180/32 180/32 DISPERSION......96 84 65 36 36 36 .MONDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY CLOUDY WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE TEMP............55 55 55 55 55 55 RH..............80 81 85 77 74 72 20 FT WIND......S 8 S 7 SW 7 SW 6 W 7 W 8 20 FT WIND GUST.15 15 10 10 10 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).80 100 100 100 100 100 MIX HGT (FT)....1400 1600 2200 2200 2500 3200 TRANSPORT WIND..190/28 210/18 260/7 260/6 260/9 290/14 DISPERSION......31 21 9 12 20 34 $$ FORECASTER...GRANTHAM REQUESTED BY...CLARK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130310.INMAN.01/BMX