FNUS74 KBMX 162250 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR FIRE...USDA FOREST SERVICE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 550 PM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 1730 CDT ON MARCH 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... RH VALUES WILL REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS AND INCREASE TOMORROW AS SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING HIGHER MOISTURE LEVELS TO THE AREA. GUSTY WINDS THIS EVENING WILL DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET...BUT REMAIN LIGHT OVERNIGHT. EXPECT LOWER CEILINGS TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE NEXT CHANCE OF WIDE SPREAD RAINFALL WILL BE MONDAY. .REST OF TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR (15-25 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MAX HUMIDITY........98 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 20 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING BECOMING LIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4200-5000 FT AGL DECREASING TO 100-500 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 12 TO 21 MPH DECREASING TO 7 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. DISPERSION INDEX....86 INCREASING TO 109 EARLY IN THE EVENING...THEN DECREASING TO 92 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 60 EARLY IN THE EVENING DECREASING TO 28 DECREASING TO 4 IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 PM 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM SKY.............CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............76 69 62 57 56 54 52 RH..............31 40 58 72 74 86 92 20 FT WIND......SW 8 S 7 S 7 S 2 S 1 S 1 S 1 20 FT WIND GUST.20 15 10 5 <5 <5 <5 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....5000 4200 1600 100 400 400 300 TRANSPORT WIND..230/21 230/18 210/14 200/12 190/12 190/8 190/8 DISPERSION......86 92 28 1 5 4 4 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MIN HUMIDITY........51 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. CHANCE OF PCPN......10 PERCENT. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-2300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 2600-4500 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 9 TO 18 MPH. DISPERSION INDEX....6 INCREASING TO 70. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............50 53 60 68 73 74 RH..............94 89 77 60 51 51 20 FT WIND......S 1 S 2 S 5 S 8 S 10 S 10 20 FT WIND GUST.<5 5 10 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).0 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....400 1000 2000 2600 3400 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..190/9 200/13 200/13 200/13 200/14 200/17 DISPERSION......4 6 8 28 35 67 $$ FORECASTER...BRITTON REQUESTED BY...PALOSTM RICHEY TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE .TAG 20130316.FIRE_.01/BMX