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SPOT FORECAST FOR DESOTO 1356...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
720 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 1000 CDT ON MAY 19.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...A PERSISTENT SOUTHERLY WIND WILL KEEP RELATIVE
HUMIDITY IN THE MID TO UPPER 50 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON DISPERSIONS WILL BE GENERALLY GOOD...AIDED BY WARM
TEMPERATURES AND DEEP MIXING HEIGHTS. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH MONDAY.

FOG POTENTIAL AND OTHER REMARKS...PATCHY FOG WILL QUICKLY BURN OFF
EARLY THIS MORNING. ANOTHER ROUND OF PATCHY FOG IS LIKELY EARLY
MONDAY MORNING. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR VISIBILITIES TO BE
REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE MILE AT TIMES.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (55-65 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......900-1000 FT AGL INCREASING TO 4400 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTHWEST AROUND 8 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH
                    AROUND 5 MPH EARLY IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 12 TO 14 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING
                    AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....5 INCREASING TO 30 LATE IN THE MORNING...THEN
                    INCREASING TO 54 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
                    DECREASING TO 33 LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
LVORI...............9 DECREASING TO 1.

TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)...........64     64     51     51
WEATHER COV.......
WEATHER TYPE......NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP..............81     85     88     88
RH................72     64     59     59
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....5      5      8      11
20 FT WIND GUST...
MIX HGT (FT)......3200   3200   4400   4400
MIX HGT (M).......980    980    1340   1340
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD...12     12     14     12
TRANS SPD (M/S)...5      5      6      5
DISPERSION........30     30     54     33
LVORI.............3      3      1      1
CWR...............0      0      0      0

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    PARTLY CLOUDY (40-50 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
                    MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT). PATCHY DENSE FOG
                    AFTER MIDNIGHT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS AROUND 13 MPH BECOMING LIGHT.
MIXING HEIGHT.......4400 FT AGL DECREASING TO 200 FT AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH AROUND 12 MPH DECREASING TO 3 TO 7 MPH IN
                    THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
DISPERSION INDEX....33 DECREASING TO 2.
LVORI...............1 INCREASING TO 10.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
SKY (%)...........51     47     47     47     55     55
WEATHER COV.......                            PATCHY PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE......NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   FOG    FOG
TEMP..............85     78     74     72     71     70
RH................64     78     89     93     95     97
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....11     7      5      5      3      2
20 FT WIND GUST...
MIX HGT (FT)......4400   1700   500    500    200    200
MIX HGT (M).......1340   520    150    150    60     60
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD...12     12     7      7      3      3
TRANS SPD (M/S)...5      5      3      3      1      1
DISPERSION........33     13     5      5      2      2
LVORI.............1      4      6      6      7      10
CWR...............0      0      0      0      0      0

.MONDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT). PATCHY DENSE FOG
                    EARLY IN THE MORNING.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 88.
MIN HUMIDITY........53 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 12 TO 13 MPH.
MIXING HEIGHT.......200 FT AGL INCREASING TO 900 FT AGL EARLY IN
                    THE MORNING...THEN INCREASING TO 3300 FT AGL
                    LATE IN THE MORNING INCREASING TO 5400 FT AGL
                    EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON DECREASING TO 4800 FT
                    AGL.
MIXING WINDS........SOUTH 3 TO 5 MPH INCREASING TO 14 TO 15 MPH IN
                    THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....3 INCREASING TO 56.
LVORI...............10 DECREASING TO 1.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%)...........55     67     48     48     34     34
WEATHER COV.......PATCHY
WEATHER TYPE......FOG    NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
TEMP..............69     73     81     85     88     88
RH................100    87     68     59     54     53
20 FT WIND DIR....S      S      S      S      S      S
20 FT WIND SPD....2      3      7      7      10     11
20 FT WIND GUST...                            17     18
MIX HGT (FT)......200    900    3300   3300   5400   4800
MIX HGT (M).......60     270    1010   1010   1650   1460
TRANSP WIND DIR...S      S      S      S      S      S
TRANSP WIND SPD...3      5      14     14     14     15
TRANS SPD (M/S)...1      2      6      6      6      7
DISPERSION........2      4      47     47     59     53
LVORI.............10     5      1      1      1      1
CWR...............0      10     10     10     10     10

$$
FORECASTER...34
REQUESTED BY...JAY BOYKIN
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20130519.DESOT.01/MOB







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