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SPOT FORECAST FOR COMPARTMENT 130 SOUTH...USFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
627 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0650 CDT ON APRIL 26.

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

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 6 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

.DISCUSSION...

THE COMBINATION OF TEMPS IN THE MID/UPPER 70S AND DEW POINTS
FALLING INTO THE 30S WILL LEAD TO RH VALUES AT OR BELOW 25 PERCENT
FOR SEVERAL HOURS THIS AFTERNOON. THE LIKELIHOOD OF RH VALUES
REACHING THE 4 HR CRITERIA APPEARS TO BE HIGH ENOUGH AT THIS TIME
TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF CENTRAL
ALABAMA. WINDS WILL NOT BE OF CONCERN AS THEY WILL GENERALLY BE OUT
OF THE EAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY AFTER
SUNRISE AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY.


.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLEAR PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............46     52     62     71     74     76
RH..............77     61     43     29     25     24
20 FT WIND......NE 2   NE 3   E 6    E 5    E 3    E 5
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      10     10     5      10
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
MIX HGT (FT)....BLW100 900    2800   3600   4200   4600
TRANSPORT WIND..050/6  060/8  070/13 080/9  090/6  080/6
DISPERSION......1      10     44     41     29     31

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY.............PCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............73     66     60     57     56     55
RH..............29     44     64     76     79     85
20 FT WIND......SE 3   SE 2   S 2    SE 2   SE 2   NE 1
20 FT WIND GUST.5      5      5      5      5      <5
CHC OF PCPN (%).0      10     10     10     10     10
MIX HGT (FT)....4400   2700   300    BLW100 200    200
TRANSPORT WIND..110/8  120/7  130/3  110/3  100/5  110/5
DISPERSION......42     3      2      2      2      2

.SATURDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY.............MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  MCLDY  CLOUDY CLOUDY
WEATHER COV.....       LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............54     57     66     72     73     74
RH..............91     85     66     58     57     57
20 FT WIND......E 1    E 3    SE 7   SE 7   S 7    S 7
20 FT WIND GUST.5      10     15     15     10     10
CHC OF PCPN (%).10     60     60     60     60     60
MIX HGT (FT)....100    800    2400   4500   6000   6500
TRANSPORT WIND..120/6  130/9  170/13 200/12 210/13 200/14
DISPERSION......1      10     27     33     42     47

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FORECASTER...TALLEY
REQUESTED BY...JACOB THELEN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130426.COMPA.01/BMX