FNUS74 KBMX 181134 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR RAVEN ROCK...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 634 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 CDT ON MARCH 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE DAY TODAY AHEAD OF AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE AFTER 10 AM WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THERE COULD BE A COUPLE OF HOURS OF CLEAR WEATHER EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE MAIN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WINDS WILL SWITCH AROUND TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST LATE TONIGHT AND INTO TOMORROW. RH VALUES WILL APPROACH 25 PERCENT TOMORROW BUT BELIEVE THE DURATION WILL NOT BE LONG ENOUGH FOR ANY FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS. RAIN WILL RETURN TO THE FORECAST LATE THURSDAY AND INTO FRIDAY. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM SKY.............CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY CLOUDY CLOUDY MCLDY WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD LIKELY LIKELY DEFNTE DEFNTE DEFNTE WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............57 63 67 70 71 72 RH..............100 93 82 72 68 68 20 FT WIND......S 7 S 9 S 10 S 12 SW 10 SW 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 15 20 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 100 100 100 100 100 MIX HGT (FT)....800 1100 2100 3100 3300 2900 TRANSPORT WIND..180/15 180/16 200/23 210/28 240/26 220/21 DISPERSION......13 14 46 67 67 48 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............MCLDY CLOUDY MCLDY MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY WEATHER COV.....DEFNTE LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE S CHC S CHC WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TEMP............70 62 58 57 52 47 RH..............68 87 98 99 100 99 20 FT WIND......SW 7 SW 7 W 7 W 6 W 6 NW 6 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 10 10 10 10 CHC OF PCPN (%).100 70 70 70 70 70 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 1000 400 300 300 300 TRANSPORT WIND..220/17 210/12 200/9 240/10 280/15 340/21 DISPERSION......35 15 6 7 10 14 .TUESDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV.....S CHC WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............47 47 53 57 59 60 RH..............81 66 49 38 32 29 20 FT WIND......N 6 N 7 N 8 N 10 N 10 N 8 20 FT WIND GUST.10 10 15 15 15 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).70 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....1300 2000 2500 4100 5400 5200 TRANSPORT WIND..000/21 010/20 010/18 350/18 350/18 350/18 DISPERSION......14 13 12 70 79 78 $$ FORECASTER...ANDERSON REQUESTED BY...JOE SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130318.RAVEN.01/BMX