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Regional NWS Weather Office: Memphis, TN
County Warning Area [CWA]: MEG
Regional NWS Weather Office: Memphis, TN
000 FNUS74 KMEG 182021 FWSMEG Spot Forecast for HS IU 26-1,2,3...USFS National Weather Service Memphis TN 321 PM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 1600 CDT on March 18. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Expect gusty north winds for about the next 3-4 hours until sunset. RH should also increase back over 30% after about 8PM tonight. Freezing temperatures are expected overnight tonight. Tomorrow looks slightly cooler and less windy (with a shift from the SW), though RH values will still likely be in the 25-30% range tomorrow afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 51. Min humidity........26 percent. Dewpoint............17. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds around 12 mph with gusts to around 18 mph. Mixing height (m)...1829-1920 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.Northwest around 10 meters/second. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (17900 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........26 22 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 Temp............51 50 Dewpoint........17 17 RH..............26 27 20 FT wind dir..NW NW 20 FT wind spd..12 12 20 FT wind gust.18 16 Mix hgt (km)....1.9 1.8 Trans wind dir..NW NW Trans spd (m/s).10 10 Vrate kt-ft/1K..20 18 Ventrate Cat....PR PR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent). Areas of frost after 3 am. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Min temperature.....Around 26. Max humidity........71 percent. Dewpoint............16. Wind (20 ft)........Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph in the evening becoming light. Mixing height (m)...122-1676 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.Northwest 5 to 9 meters/second shifting to the north 1 to 4 meters/second in the late evening and overnight, then shifting to the southwest around 1 meters/second early in the morning. Smoke dispersal.....Fair (14800 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (200 knot-ft) late in the night. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........17 12 8 3 3 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 Weather cov..... ARS ARS Weather type.... FST FST Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............49 46 42 40 38 36 34 32 31 30 28 27 Dewpoint........16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 RH..............26 29 35 39 42 45 49 53 56 58 63 65 20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW N N N N N N N 20 FT wind spd..10 9 7 6 5 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 20 FT wind gust.16 13 11 8 8 6 6 5 4 2 2 2 Mix hgt (km)....1.7 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Trans wind dir..NW N NW N N N N N N N NW SW Trans spd (m/s).9 7 5 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 Vrate kt-ft/1K..15 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .TUESDAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent). Widespread frost early in the morning. Chance of pcpn......0 percent. Max temperature.....Around 58. Min humidity........27 percent. Dewpoint............19 increasing to 23 in the afternoon. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height (m)...91-1097 meters AGL. Transport winds m/s.Southwest 1 to 5 meters/second increasing to west 7 to 9 meters/second in the late morning and afternoon. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (200 knot-ft). TIME (CDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM Sky (%).........2 0 1 1 Weather cov.....WIDSPD Weather type....FROST NONE NONE NONE Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 Temp............26 35 52 58 Dewpoint........17 20 21 24 RH..............68 54 29 27 20 FT wind......N 0G4 SW 5G8 SW 7G12 SW 9G14 Mix hgt (m).....120 460 1040 1100 Tran wind (m/s).SW 1 SW 5 W 7 W 9 Vrate kt-ft/1K..0 2 8 10 Ventrate Cat....POOR POOR POOR POOR $$ Forecaster...Dirkes Requested by...John Townsend Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2407204.1/MEG .DELDT 03/18/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL John.townsend@usda.gov
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