000 FNUS54 KJAN 071048 FWFJAN FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 .DISCUSSION...A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW INTO THE AREA AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM...LEADING TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EAST THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE...LOOK FOR A LINE OF STORMS TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY OVER THE WEST. BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. THE BOUNDARY WILL MOVE EAST ON WEDNESDAY...WITH COOL AND DRY AIR QUICKLY SETTLING INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-072230- ASHLEY-CHICOT-MOREHOUSE-WEST CARROLL-EAST CARROLL-RICHLAND- MADISON LA- 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA... TODAY TONIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS NONE CHANCE PRECIP (%) 60 20 0 TEMP (24H TREND) 83 (-3) 58 (-7) 81 RH % (24H TREND) 57 (+14) 90 (-10) 41 20FT WND/AM(MPH) S 5 W 6 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SW 8 W 5 NW 9 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 9 2 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) 0.25-0.50 0.25-0.50 0.00 500M MXG HT TEMP 79 70 500M TRANS DIR SW N 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 5 5 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 10 10 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 1996 1748 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 6550 5735 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) SW 5 N 5 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) SW 10 N 10 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 9980 8740 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 65500 57350 STAG INDEX 3 3 3 CATEGORY DAY 4 4 STABILITY C E C WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 6 AM REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ018-019-025>027-034>036-040>042-072230- BOLIVAR-SUNFLOWER-LEFLORE-GRENADA-CARROLL-WASHINGTON-HUMPHREYS- HOLMES-ISSAQUENA-SHARKEY-YAZOO- 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... ...NORTHWEST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS NONE CHANCE PRECIP (%) 80 40 0 TEMP (24H TREND) 83 (-4) 59 (-4) 77 RH % (24H TREND) 57 (+18) 100 (+3) 49 20FT WND/AM(MPH) S 7 W 5 20FT WND/PM(MPH) S 8 SW 4 W 8 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 11 3 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) 0.50-1.00 0.25-0.50 <0.10 500M MXG HT TEMP 79 74 500M TRANS DIR S N 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 6 3 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 12 6 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2187 1772 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 7176 5812 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 6 NE 3 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 13 NE 7 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 13122 5316 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 93288 40684 STAG INDEX 3 3 2 CATEGORY DAY 4 3 STABILITY C E C WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 6 AM REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ MSZ028>033-037>039-072230- MONTGOMERY-WEBSTER-CLAY-LOWNDES-CHOCTAW-OKTIBBEHA-ATTALA-WINSTON- NOXUBEE- 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...NORTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 90 70 20 TEMP (24H TREND) 78 (-7) 59 (-3) 78 RH % (24H TREND) 66 (+28) 100 (+7) 51 20FT WND/AM(MPH) SE 6 SW 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SE 7 SE 4 W 6 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 11 9 2 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) 0.25-0.50 0.50-1.00 0.10-0.25 500M MXG HT TEMP 77 73 500M TRANS DIR S NE 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 7 2 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 16 3 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 1743 1810 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 5719 5939 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 7 NE 1 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 15 NE 2 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 12201 1810 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 85785 11878 STAG INDEX 3 3 2 CATEGORY DAY 4 1 STABILITY C E C WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING 6 PM REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS AROUND 80. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ MSZ043-044-047>050-072230- MADISON MS-LEAKE-WARREN-HINDS-RANKIN-SCOTT- 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 TODAY TONIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS NONE CHANCE PRECIP (%) 80 40 0 TEMP (24H TREND) 84 (-2) 59 (-5) 78 RH % (24H TREND) 58 (+16) 100 (0) 50 20FT WND/AM(MPH) SE 4 W 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) S 6 S 3 NW 8 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 11 3 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) 0.25-0.50 0.25-0.50 <0.10 500M MXG HT TEMP 78 73 500M TRANS DIR S N 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 6 3 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 12 6 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 1968 1853 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 6457 6078 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 5 NE 2 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 12 NE 5 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 9840 3706 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 77484 30390 STAG INDEX 3 3 3 CATEGORY DAY 4 2 STABILITY C F C WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 6 AM REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ045-046-051-052-056>058-072230- NESHOBA-KEMPER-NEWTON-LAUDERDALE-SMITH-JASPER-CLARKE- 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS TSTMS CHANCE PRECIP (%) 80 60 20 TEMP (24H TREND) 80 (-4) 59 (-4) 79 RH % (24H TREND) 67 (+23) 100 (0) 48 20FT WND/AM(MPH) SE 4 W 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SE 4 SE 3 W 7 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 11 9 2 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) 0.50-1.00 0.25-0.50 0.10-0.25 500M MXG HT TEMP 77 75 500M TRANS DIR SE E 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 5 3 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 11 6 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 1724 1872 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 5655 6142 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 5 E 2 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 12 E 5 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 8620 3744 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 67860 30710 STAG INDEX 3 3 2 CATEGORY DAY 4 2 STABILITY C F C WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING CONTINUING 6 PM REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ LAZ023>026-072230- FRANKLIN LA-CATAHOULA-TENSAS-CONCORDIA- 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...EAST CENTRAL LOUISIANA... TODAY TONIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY PCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS NONE CHANCE PRECIP (%) 50 20 0 TEMP (24H TREND) 85 (-1) 57 (-8) 80 RH % (24H TREND) 55 (+3) 96 (-4) 42 20FT WND/AM(MPH) S 5 W 5 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SW 7 W 3 NW 7 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 3 1 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) 0.25-0.50 0.25-0.50 0.00 500M MXG HT TEMP 79 67 500M TRANS DIR SW NW 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 4 5 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 9 10 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2224 1759 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 7297 5771 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) SW 5 NW 4 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) SW 12 NW 9 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 11120 7036 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 87564 51939 STAG INDEX 3 3 3 CATEGORY DAY 4 3 STABILITY C F C WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 1 AM REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LIGHT WINDS. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. LIGHT WINDS. .SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS AROUND 90. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ053-054-059>063-072230- CLAIBORNE-COPIAH-JEFFERSON-ADAMS-FRANKLIN MS-LINCOLN-LAWRENCE- 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...SOUTHWEST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS NONE CHANCE PRECIP (%) 70 30 0 TEMP (24H TREND) 84 (-2) 58 (-7) 79 RH % (24H TREND) 58 (+9) 100 (0) 45 20FT WND/AM(MPH) S 4 W 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) SW 5 W 3 NW 7 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 8 3 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) 0.25-0.50 0.25-0.50 <0.10 500M MXG HT TEMP 79 71 500M TRANS DIR S NW 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 4 4 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 9 9 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 2027 1807 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 6651 5930 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) S 4 NW 3 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) S 9 NW 6 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 8108 5421 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 59859 35580 STAG INDEX 3 3 3 CATEGORY DAY 4 3 STABILITY C F C WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 6 AM REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. LIGHT WINDS. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LIGHT WINDS. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE MID 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$ MSZ055-064>066-072>074-072230- SIMPSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-COVINGTON-JONES-MARION-LAMAR-FORREST- 548 AM CDT TUE OCT 7 2008 ...SOUTHEAST PORTION OF CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... TODAY TONIGHT WED CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY PRECIP TYPE TSTMS TSTMS NONE CHANCE PRECIP (%) 80 40 0 TEMP (24H TREND) 83 (-2) 60 (-6) 79 RH % (24H TREND) 64 (+15) 100 (0) 48 20FT WND/AM(MPH) SE 3 W 4 20FT WND/PM(MPH) S 4 LGT/VAR NW 6 RAIN DURATN(HRS) 11 3 RAIN AMOUNTS(INS) 0.50-1.00 0.25-0.50 <0.10 500M MXG HT TEMP 77 77 500M TRANS DIR SE E 500M TRANS SPEED(M/S) 5 3 500M TRANS SPEED(MPH) 10 6 MIXING HGT(M AGL) 1776 1921 MIXING HGT(FT AGL) 5827 6303 TRANSPORT WND (M/S) SE 5 SE 3 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) SE 10 SE 6 VENT INDEX (METRIC) 8880 5763 VENT INDEX (ENGLISH) 58270 37818 STAG INDEX 3 3 2 CATEGORY DAY 4 3 STABILITY B F C WIND SHIFTS PRECIP BEGIN 6 AM CONTINUING PRECIP END CONTINUING 6 AM REMARKS...NONE. .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .THURSDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .FRIDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE UPPER 50S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. LIGHT WINDS. .SATURDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS AROUND 60. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .SUNDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. SOUTHEAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. .MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 60S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80S. EAST WINDS UP TO 5 MPH. $$