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SPOT FORECAST FOR CLIFTY FORK...USFS BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
802 AM CDT WED MAR 20 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1200 CDT ON MARCH 20.

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

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THRU THURSDAY. RH VALUES ARE
CURRENTLY FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOW/MID 20S FOR A COUPLE
OF HOURS ACROSS WINSTON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. AT PRESENT...IT
DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THE 4 HOUR CRITERIA OF BELOW 25 PERCENT RH
WILL BE MET. HOWEVER AN RFW IS IN EFFECT FOR BORDERING COUNTIES
TO YOUR SOUTH AND EAST. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION
IN THE RFW IF CONDITIONS TREND A BIT DRIER. 20 FT WINDS WILL BE
OUT OF THE NW AROUND 10-15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
IS ALREADY IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA ON THURSDAY DUE
TO CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS...BUT WINDS WILL BE BELOW 10 MPH.


.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
SKY.............PCLDY  MCLEAR MCLEAR CLEAR
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............50     56     61     59
RH..............37     28     23     26
20 FT WIND......N 7    NW 8   NW 12  NW 12
20 FT WIND GUST.10     15     20     20
MIX HGT (FT)....6700   8800   9400   8700
TRANSPORT WIND..320/20 300/26 300/29 300/29
DISPERSION......143    137    107    106

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  CLEAR  MCLEAR PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............58     49     41     36     32     29
RH..............28     40     55     61     66     69
20 FT WIND......NW 12  NW 7   N 5    N 3    N 3    N 2
20 FT WIND GUST.20     15     10     5      5      5
MIX HGT (FT)....7800   6000   4100   2400   1500   1300
TRANSPORT WIND..300/29 300/28 320/25 350/20 000/15 010/14
DISPERSION......104    19     11     9      7      6

.THURSDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............28     29     39     47     49     50
RH..............66     60     42     28     26     27
20 FT WIND......N 2    N 2    N 6    N 6    NW 5   NW 3
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     10     10     5
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....1100   1800   3200   3700   4000   3900
TRANSPORT WIND..000/9  350/9  330/14 320/13 320/12 320/10
DISPERSION......13     21     54     57     55     49

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FORECASTER...TGOGGINS
REQUESTED BY...KERRY CLARK
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130320.CLIFT.01/BMX