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Spot Forecast for C268 Site Prep Burn...USFS
National Weather Service Jackson MS
252 PM CST Wed Jan 15 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CST on January 16.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National Weather
Service.

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
Temperature.........44 at ignition...Max 59.
RH..................73 percent at ignition...Min 36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Winds west at 2 mph at ignition...otherwise
                    Light winds becoming west around 5 mph in the
                    afternoon, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL at ignition...otherwise 3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 8 to 15 mph.
Mixing height (m)...500 meters AGL at ignition...otherwise 152-1097
                    meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.West 4 to 7 meters/second.

TIME (CST)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky cover.......MClear Clear  MClear MClear MClear
Weather cov.....
Weather type....None   None   None   None   None
Tstm cov........
Temp............44     53     58     58     53
RH..............73     50     39     37     46
20 ft wind dir..W      W      W      W      W
20 ft wind spd..2      3      5      5      3
20 ft wind gust.9      13     15     14     12
Mix hgt (ft)....500    2000   3400   3400   600
Mix hgt (m).....150    610    1040   1040   180
Transport wind..W 8    W 12   W 13   W 15   W 9
Tran wind (m/s).W 4    W 5    W 6    W 7    W 4

.THURSDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Temperature.........Min 35.
RH..................Max 89 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest
                    early in the morning.
Mixing height (m)...91 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.West 2 to 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    southwest around 2 meters/second early in the
                    morning.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  Midngt 2 AM   4 AM
Sky cover.......MClear MClear MClear MClear MClear MClear
Weather cov.....
Weather type....None   None   None   None   None   None
Tstm cov........
Temp............48     43     40     38     37     35
RH..............58     70     79     85     89     89
20 ft wind dir..W      W      W      W      W      SW
20 ft wind spd..2      2      2      2      1      1
20 ft wind gust.10     10     8      7      6      5
Mix hgt (ft)....300    300    300    300    300    300
Mix hgt (m).....90     90     90     90     90     90
Transport wind..W 10   W 9    W 9    W 8    W 6    W 5
Tran wind (m/s).W 4    W 4    W 4    W 4    W 3    W 2

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (75-85 percent).
Temperature.........Max 62.
RH..................Min 39 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 13 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height (m)...91-1097 meters AGL.
Transport winds m/s.South 2 to 9 meters/second decreasing to 3 to 7
                    meters/second early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 7 to 9 meters/second in the
                    afternoon.

TIME (CST)      6 AM         10 AM        2 PM
Sky cover.......MClear       MClear       MCldy
Weather cov.....
Weather type....None         None         None
Tstm cov........
Temp............35           50           61
RH..............89           58           39
20 ft wind dir..S            S            S
20 ft wind spd..1            3            6
20 ft wind gust.5            12           17
Mix hgt (ft)....300          1300         3600
Mix hgt (m).....90           400          1100
Transport wind..S 5          S 9          S 20
Tran wind (m/s).S 2          S 4          S 9

$$
Forecaster...Carpenter
Requested by...USFS
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2500713.0/JAN
.DELDT 01/15/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL john.crews@usda.gov