000 FNUS54 KHUN 101010 FWFHUN FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR NORTHERN ALABAMA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTSVILLE AL 410 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 .DISCUSSION... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA LATE TONIGHT...BRINGING SCATTERED SHOWERS. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH MUCH COLDER AIR ARRIVING AFTER IT PASSES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT RAIN COULD MIX WITH OR BECOME SNOW...MAINLY FOR AREAS EAST OF INTERSTATE 65 LATE FRIDAY NIGHT AND ON SATURDAY MORNING. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. FAIR TO GENERALLY GOOD DISPERSION IS FORECAST ACROSS NORTHERN ALABAMA TODAY. GOOD DISPERSION IS EXPECTED SATURDAY...WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10-15 MPH...STRONGER IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. AN ELEVATED WILD FIRE RISK IS EXPECTED ON SUNDAY...AS DRY AIR FILTERS ACROSS THE REGION. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S PERCENT RANGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. ALZ001>005-007-016-102230- LAUDERDALE-COLBERT-FRANKLIN AL-LAWRENCE-LIMESTONE-MORGAN-CULLMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLORENCE...MUSCLE SHOALS... RUSSELLVILLE...MOULTON...ATHENS...DECATUR...CULLMAN 410 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY TEMP 51 29 38 RH % 43 100 25 20FT WND MPH (AM) LGT/VAR NW 12-16 20FT WND MPH (PM) W 2-6 W 2-6 N 12-16 CHANCE PRECIP (%) 40 20 0 PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SHOWERS NONE PRECIP DURATION 0-2 0-1 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.01 0.00 0.00 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 3800 4800 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 13 N 26 DISPERSION 36 FAIR 98 GOOD REMARKS...NONE. $$ ALZ006-008>010-102230- MADISON-MARSHALL-JACKSON-DEKALB- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HUNTSVILLE...GUNTERSVILLE... SCOTTSBORO...FORT PAYNE 410 AM CST FRI FEB 10 2012 TODAY TONIGHT SAT CLOUD COVER MCLDY MCLDY PCLDY TEMP 50 29 36 RH % 43 100 31 20FT WND MPH (AM) LGT/VAR NW 14-18 20FT WND MPH (PM) LGT/VAR LGT/VAR N 13-17 CHANCE PRECIP (%) 30 30 0 PRECIP TYPE SHOWERS SNOW NONE PRECIP DURATION 0-1 0-1 0 PRECIP AMOUNT 0.01 0.00 0.00 MIXING HGT(FT-AGL) 3400 4800 TRANSPORT WND (MPH) W 13 NW 30 DISPERSION 44 GEN GOOD 90 GOOD REMARKS...NONE. $$ .FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7... .SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 19. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S. NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .MONDAY...PARTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS AROUND 20. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. LIGHT WINDS. .TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A 50 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .WEDNESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. .THURSDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 60S. SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. $$ RSB