FNUS74 KHUN 161100 FWSHUN SPOT FORECAST FOR WEST FORK...USES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 600 AM CDT SAT MAR 16 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MARCH 16. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY AND ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM AGAIN INTO THE 70S. BUT WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS CONTINUING TO BRING SOME MOISTURE BACK TOWARD THE AREA...AFTERNOON RH VALUES SHOULD REMAIN ABOVE 30 PERCENT. WINDS WILL BE 10-15 MPH OUT OF THE SW (BETWEEN 210 AND 250 DEGREES) THROUGH THE DAY AND GUST PERIODICALLY TO NEAR 20 MPH. STRONG WINDS AND GOOD MIXING HEIGHTS SHOULD LEAD TO GOOD DISPERSION RATES FOR THE AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL DEVELOP WELL NORTH OF THE FORECAST POINT (ACROSS CENTRAL TENNESSEE) LATER TODAY AND MAY APPROACH THE ALABAMA/TENNESSEE STATE LINE BY THIS EVENING. THE FORECAST SITE SHOULD REMAIN DRY UNTIL AT LEAST SUNDAY AFTERNOON THOUGH. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (35-45 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MIN HUMIDITY........34 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......400-1500 FT AGL INCREASING TO 3000-4300 FT AGL IN THE AFTERNOON. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 12 TO 18 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST 22 TO 24 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (CDT) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............59 65 70 74 RH..............58 49 40 34 20 FT WIND......SW 10 SW 12 SW 12 SW 9 MIX HGT (FT)....1500 1500 3000 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 22 SW 22 SW 24 W 22 DISPERSION IDX..24 36 58 85 .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING MOSTLY CLOUDY (55-65 PERCENT). MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 51. MAX HUMIDITY........89 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 8 MPH UNTIL EARLY MORNING BECOMING LIGHT. MIXING HEIGHT.......4300 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200-1700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTHWEST 16 TO 22 MPH DECREASING TO 6 TO 8 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY (%).........PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLDY MCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............72 66 62 59 57 53 RH..............37 45 52 59 67 79 20 FT WIND......SW 8 SW 7 SW 6 SW 6 SW 5 SW 3 MIX HGT (FT)....4300 1700 300 300 200 300 TRANSPORT WIND..W 22 SW 16 SW 8 SW 8 SW 6 SW 7 DISPERSION IDX..85 35 3 4 4 5 .SUNDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 74. MIN HUMIDITY........46 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 10 MPH. MIXING HEIGHT.......300 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4700 FT AGL. TRANSPORT WINDS.....SOUTH 7 TO 16 MPH. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............51 54 62 68 72 74 RH..............87 81 63 54 48 46 20 FT WIND......S 3 S 6 S 8 S 10 S 10 S 10 MIX HGT (FT)....300 300 2300 2300 3500 4700 TRANSPORT WIND..SW 7 SW 8 SW 15 SW 15 SW 14 S 16 DISPERSION IDX..5 5 20 31 49 65 $$ FORECASTER...CROWE REQUESTED BY...CLARK TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130316.WESTF.01/HUN