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SPOT FORECAST FOR C 243...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
756 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 30.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...GREATER COVERAGE OF SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TODAY VS. YESTERDAY WITH ACTIVITY STARTING
BY NOON MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. IT WILL BE HIT AND MISS FOR THE
BURN SITE BUT THE LIKELIHOOD OF BEING IMPACTED BY RAIN/THUNDER AND
LOCAL WIND VARIATION IS GREATER THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY. WINDS IN
GENERAL WILL BE SE AT 10-15 WITH HIGHER GUSTS AS MIXING HEIGHT
INCREASED THROUGH THE DAY. IF BURN SITE IS IN THE VICINITY OF A
STRONGER STORM...WIND GUSTS COULD REACH UPWARDS OF 30-40 MPH WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES
WILL STAY ELEVATED THROUGH THE DAY AND ONLY FALL INTO THE MID 60
PERCENTILES.

AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
AND DISSIPATE BY 9-10PM. LOW STRATUS CLOUDS ARE ONCE AGAIN EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP BUT NOT FOG IS EXPECTED AS SURFACE WINDS SHOULD STAY UP LIKE THIS
MORNING IN THE 3-6 MPH RANGE. A NEAR COPY OF TODAY IS EXPECTED FOR
FRIDAY.


.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY
WEATHER COV.....NONE   SCTTRD SCTTRD SCTTRD
WEATHER TYPE....NONE   TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM
TEMP............77     82     85     85
RH..............85     74     67     64
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..12     10     12     14
20 FT WIND GUST.20     17     20     23
MIX HGT (FT)....2200   3000   3600   4000
MIX HGT (M).....670    910    1100   1220
TRANSPORT WIND..S 22   S 23   S 22   S 20
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 10   S 10   S 10   S 9

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%).........MCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  PCLDY  MCLDY
WEATHER COV.....SCTTRD ISOLTD
WEATHER TYPE....TSTORM TSTORM NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP............84     80     75     71     69     68
RH..............64     71     83     91     98     100
20 FT WIND DIR..SE     SE     SE     SE     SE     SE
20 FT WIND SPD..13     10     9      7      5      5
20 FT WIND GUST.21     17     15     12     8      8
MIX HGT (FT)....3800   2500   900    400    400    400
MIX HGT (M).....1160   760    270    120    120    120
TRANSPORT WIND..S 17   S 14   SE 10  SE 8   SE 6   SE 5
TRAN WIND (M/S).S 8    S 6    SE 4   SE 4   SE 3   SE 2

$$
FORECASTER...ALLEN
REQUESTED BY...CLIFTON WILLIS
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130530.C243_.01/JAN