FNUS74 KBMX 231059 FWSBMX SPOT FORECAST FOR JOSEPH SPRINGS...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 559 AM CDT THU MAY 23 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0900 CDT ON MAY 23. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... ACROSS WESTERN CLEBURNE AND EASTERN CALHOUN COUNTY...LOW STRATUS CLOUDS WITH CEILINGS OF LESS THAN 1000 FEET WILL BE EXPECTED THROUGH SUNRISE...AND WILL GRADUALLY DISSIPATE THROUGH THE MID MORNING HOURS. BASED ON THE CURRENT FORECAST THROUGH NEXT WEEK...DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. THE CHANCE OF ANY WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINFALL APPEARS LOW AT THIS TIME FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK AS WELL. WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA FROM THE NORTH LATE THIS EVENING...A MUCH DRIER AIRMASS WILL FILTER INTO THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING AND FOG DEVELOPMENT APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS TIME. NO FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS...AS RAIN-FREE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. DRIER AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER INTO THE STATE DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. THE DRIEST AIR LOOKS TO BE IN PLACE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON SATURDAY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 30 PERCENT LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL PREVAIL FROM THE NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY THROUGHOUT THE FORECAST PERIOD. .TODAY... TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLEAR MCLDY WEATHER COV.....PATCHY WEATHER TYPE....FOG NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............64 73 80 83 83 RH..............98 75 55 49 48 20 FT WIND......W 2 W 5 W 8 W 10 W 12 20 FT WIND GUST.5 10 15 15 20 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....2200 5200 6600 7800 8300 TRANSPORT WIND..300/10 300/15 300/18 290/22 290/24 DISPERSION......5 7 85 108 88 .TONIGHT... TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM SKY.............MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY MCLEAR MCLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............79 72 64 61 59 59 RH..............53 67 85 92 95 93 20 FT WIND......W 9 W 6 NW 3 NW 3 W 3 W 3 20 FT WIND GUST.15 10 5 5 5 5 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 MIX HGT (FT)....5300 2300 800 500 500 500 TRANSPORT WIND..290/21 300/16 330/13 340/12 350/12 340/12 DISPERSION......87 47 13 8 5 5 .FRIDAY... TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY.............MCLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR WEATHER COV..... WEATHER TYPE....NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE TEMP............58 62 69 73 74 74 RH..............96 80 60 47 42 39 20 FT WIND......W 6 NW 8 N 12 N 12 N 10 N 9 20 FT WIND GUST.10 15 20 20 20 15 CHC OF PCPN (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 MIX HGT (FT)....700 1900 3700 4500 4700 4300 TRANSPORT WIND..340/12 340/13 350/16 000/17 000/17 010/18 DISPERSION......5 8 22 50 51 71 $$ FORECASTER...GGOGGINS REQUESTED BY...JOE SMITH TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130523.JOSEP.01/BMX