000 FNUS54 KJAN 090908 FWFJAN FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 .DISCUSSION...A SERIES OF WEAK FRONTS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE PERIOD. THIS COMBINED WITH DAYTIME HEATING...AND GULF MOISTURE...WILL GIVE THE FIRE DISTRICTS A CHANCE OF SOME WETTING RAINS. WARM DAYS AND MUGGY NIGHTS WILL BE THE GENERAL RULE. OTHER WISE AVERAGE MIXING HEIGHTS WILL RANGE FROM 7500 TO 11000 FEET FOR TODAY AND 6500 TO 7500 FEET FOR THURSDAY. TRANSPORT WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 KNOTS FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY. MINIMUM HUMIDITY WILL BE 45 TO 55 PERCENT FOR TODAY AND 50 TO 65 PERCENT FOR THURSDAY. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-092215- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA- 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 0 30 50 TEMP (24H TREND) 95 (+1) 73 (-1) 91 RH % (24H TREND) 44 (-1) 97 (+2) 52 20FT WND/AM(MPH) SW 4 SW 3 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SW 5 S 4 SW 4 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 3 2 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) <0.10 0.10-0.25 0.25-0.50 500M MXG HT TEMP 89 84 500M TRANS DIR W SW 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 3 4 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 5 8 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 3141 2126 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 10305 6974 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) W 2 SW 5 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 5 SW 10 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 6282 10630 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 51525 69740 STAG INDEX 3 3 3 CATEGORY DAY 3 4 STABILITY A-B F A WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 PM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-040>042-092215- BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...NORTHWEST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 20 50 50 TEMP (24H TREND) 95 (+1) 73 (0) 90 RH % (24H TREND) 44 (+1) 97 (+2) 51 20FT WND/AM(MPH) SW 4 SW 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SW 5 SE 5 W 4 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 1 3 2 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) <0.10 0.25-0.50 0.50-1.00 500M MXG HT TEMP 88 83 500M TRANS DIR SW SW 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 4 4 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 8 9 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 3168 2133 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 10392 6997 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) W 4 SW 5 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 8 SW 12 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 12672 10665 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 83136 83964 STAG INDEX 3 2 3 CATEGORY DAY 4 4 STABILITY A-B E A-B WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 1 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE MID 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ028>033-037>039-092215- MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE- 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...NORTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLEAR PCLDY MCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 60 60 TEMP (24H TREND) 93 (-1) 73 (+2) 88 RH % (24H TREND) 45 (+7) 98 (-2) 59 20FT WND/AM(MPH) SW 3 SW 3 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SW 4 S 4 W 4 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 1 5 6 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) <0.10 0.25-0.50 0.50-1.00 500M MXG HT TEMP 87 82 500M TRANS DIR SW W 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 5 2 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 10 4 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2954 2113 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 9692 6932 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) SW 4 SW 5 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) SW 9 SW 10 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 11816 10565 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 87228 69320 STAG INDEX 3 3 2 CATEGORY DAY 4 4 STABILITY A F A WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 1 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS AROUND 90. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ043-044-047>050-092215- MADISON MS-LEAKE-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT- 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER MCLEAR PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 30 50 TEMP (24H TREND) 94 (0) 73 (+1) 90 RH % (24H TREND) 45 (+5) 97 (-1) 47 20FT WND/AM(MPH) SW 3 SW 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SW 5 S 5 SW 5 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 1 2 2 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) <0.10 <0.10 0.25-0.50 500M MXG HT TEMP 86 84 500M TRANS DIR SW W 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 3 3 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 6 6 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2623 2189 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 8605 7182 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 3 SW 4 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 6 SW 8 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 7869 8756 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 51630 57456 STAG INDEX 3 2 2 CATEGORY DAY 3 4 STABILITY A E A-B WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 1 PM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ045-046-051-052-056>058-092215- NESHOBA-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 40 30 50 TEMP (24H TREND) 92 (-1) 73 (+3) 89 RH % (24H TREND) 49 (+8) 99 (-1) 48 20FT WND/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR SW 3 20FT WND/PM(MPH) S 5 S 4 SW 4 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 1 2 2 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) <0.10 <0.10 0.25-0.50 500M MXG HT TEMP 86 83 500M TRANS DIR SW SW 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 4 4 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 8 8 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2654 2277 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 8707 7472 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) SW 3 SW 3 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) SW 7 SW 7 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 7962 6831 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 60949 52304 STAG INDEX 2 2 2 CATEGORY DAY 3 3 STABILITY A F A WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 10 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING CONTINUING REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS AROUND 70. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ LAZ023>026-092215- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA- 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 20 50 TEMP (24H TREND) 94 (+1) 72 (-1) 91 RH % (24H TREND) 45 (0) 97 (+1) 50 20FT WND/AM(MPH) S 3 SW 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) S 5 S 5 SW 6 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 1 1 1 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) <0.10 <0.10 0.25-0.50 500M MXG HT TEMP 87 84 500M TRANS DIR S SW 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 3 4 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 6 9 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2802 2461 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 9193 8073 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 3 S 4 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 6 S 9 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 8406 9844 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 55158 72657 STAG INDEX 3 3 3 CATEGORY DAY 4 4 STABILITY A F A-B WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 10 AM CONTINUING 11 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 AM CONTINUING REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 30 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ053-054-059>063-092215- CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE- 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...SOUTHWEST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 40 20 50 TEMP (24H TREND) 93 (0) 72 (0) 90 RH % (24H TREND) 49 (+8) 97 (-1) 47 20FT WND/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR SW 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) S 6 S 4 SW 6 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 1 1 1 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) <0.10 <0.10 0.25-0.50 500M MXG HT TEMP 85 83 500M TRANS DIR S SW 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 3 4 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 5 9 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2616 2374 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 8583 7787 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 2 S 4 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 5 S 8 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 5232 9496 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 42915 62296 STAG INDEX 2 2 3 CATEGORY DAY 3 4 STABILITY A F A-B WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 10 AM CONTINUING 11 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 AM CONTINUING REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ055-064>066-072>074-092215- SIMPSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 402 AM CDT WED JUL 9 2008 ...SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT THU CLOUD COVER PCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 50 20 50 TEMP (24H TREND) 92 (+1) 73 (+2) 90 RH % (24H TREND) 50 (+10) 99 (0) 46 20FT WND/AM(MPH) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR 20FT WND/PM(MPH) S 5 S 4 S 5 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 1 1 1 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) <0.10 <0.10 0.25-0.50 500M MXG HT TEMP 85 81 500M TRANS DIR S SW 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 3 5 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 6 11 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2604 2157 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 8544 7077 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 3 SW 5 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 6 SW 10 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 7812 10785 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 51264 70770 STAG INDEX 3 3 2 CATEGORY DAY 3 4 STABILITY A F A WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 10 AM CONTINUING 11 AM PRECIP END CONTINUING 12 AM CONTINUING REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .FRIDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 40 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. WEST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .TUESDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 70S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 90S. NORTH WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ 17