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Spot Forecast for Horton...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1031 AM CDT Sun Oct 6 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1100 CDT on October 06.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Skies will be partly cloudy today with a very small chance of a
passing shower or storm today. Low-level winds will be from the
east to northeast at 5-10 mph. Easterly to northeasterly 20ft
winds will be 7-10mph with afternoon RHs above 45 percent. Rain-
free weather begins Monday. Afternoon minimum RHs are expected to
remain above critical thresholds, but could begin to reach the
lower to middle 30s early next week across the west. 20-foot winds
become northerly to northeasterly non Monday, at than 10 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........51 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds around 5 mph.
Mixing height.......6400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 10 to 14 mph.
Dispersion index....61 increasing to 76 early in the afternoon,
                    then increasing to 89 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 77 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 59.
LVORI...............1.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........35  35  42  42  42  34  34
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............80  82  84  85  85  84  82
RH..............62  58  53  51  53  55  58
20 FT wind dir..E   E   E   E   E   NE  NE
20 FT wind dir..070 070 070 070 070 060 060
20 FT wind spd..5   5   5   5   5   5   5
20 FT wind gust.11  11  10  11  11  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 4.7 5.6 6.4 6.4 6.0 4.9
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.14  14  14  13  13  12  10
Dispersion idx..61  76  88  88  89  77  59
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 8 mph.
Dispersion index....8 decreasing to 2 late in the evening.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........34  18  18  18  12  12  12  9   9   9   10  10
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............79  77  75  72  70  69  68  67  66  66  65  65
RH..............67  71  76  84  90  97  97  100 100 97  100 97
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  E   E   NE  NE  SE  NE  N   N   N   N
20 FT wind dir..060 060 070 090 060 060 120 060 000 340 350 340
20 FT wind spd..3   2   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
20 FT wind gust.8   7   7   6   6   5   5   5   5   4   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...1.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Transp wind dir.E   NE  E   NE  NE  E   E   E   E   NE  N   N
Transp wind spd.8   7   7   6   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3
Dispersion idx..12  3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
LVORI...........1   4   4   4   8   8   8   10  10  10  10  10

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 6 mph in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 3 to 12 mph increasing to 12 to 13 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Dispersion index....4 increasing to 43 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 60 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 79 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 62.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........10  4   4   4   2   2   2   4   4   4   5   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............64  64  68  73  77  79  82  84  85  85  83  80
RH..............100 97  87  73  67  60  51  46  43  43  44  47
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind dir..350 000 010 020 020 010 000 350 350 000 000 000
20 FT wind spd..1   2   2   2   2   3   5   5   5   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.5   6   6   6   8   8   10  10  10  11  11  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.3 0.5 0.9 1.8 3.0 4.4 5.5 5.8 5.8 5.9 4.1
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   NE  N   N   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.3   5   7   8   10  12  12  13  12  13  13  13
Dispersion idx..2   2   3   4   5   43  60  79  75  83  83  62
LVORI...........10  6   6   6   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...Holmes
Requested by...Sairy Neal
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2423709.0/BMX
.DELDT 10/06/24
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