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Spot Forecast for Iron Mountain Fire...USFWS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
543 AM CST Fri Mar 7 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CST on March 07.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.


.DISCUSSION...

Southerly winds expected this morning
becoming more southwesterly through the day. RHs will drop
down to near 25% by the afternoon. There is a 40% chance of
dropping below 25% today, so this will need to be monitored
closely. Winds could gust to near 20 mph this afternoon, with a
20-30% chance of exceeding 20 mph. Good recovery is expected tonight
with higher MinRHs expected for Saturday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 64.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph early in
                    the morning, then shifting to the southwest 7
                    to 9 mph with gusts to around 18 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......3100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 6 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest
                    12 to 21 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Dispersion index....4 increasing to 41 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 60 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 63 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 0.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (CST)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........51     36     30     32     51     42
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............38     49     56     62     64     62
RH..............59     40     30     26     25     31
20 FT wind......SE 3   S 5    SW 7   SW 8   SW 9   S 8
20 FT wind gust.6      10     13     16     18     17
20 FT wind dir..130    170    210    210    210    200
Mix hgt (ft)....BLW100 800    2100   2900   3100   100
Transport wind..SE 6   S 9    SW 14  SW 18  SW 21  S 14
Dispersion idx..4      4      37     57     67     0
LVORI...........3      2      2      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 52.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Southwest winds 8 to 10 mph with gusts to
                    around 18 mph.
Mixing height.......0 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 15 mph.
Dispersion index....0 increasing to 12 overnight.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (CST)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........47     55     47     49     66     68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      10     10     10
Temp............57     55     54     54     54     54
RH..............42     49     59     71     83     96
20 FT wind......S 8    S 8    SW 9   SW 10  SW 10  SW 8
20 FT wind gust.16     16     17     18     18     17
20 FT wind dir..200    200    220    220    230    240
Mix hgt (ft)....BLW100 BLW100 100    100    BLW100 100
Transport wind..S 13   SW 12  SW 15  SW 15  SW 15  W 13
Dispersion idx..0      0      0      13     13     11
LVORI...........2      2      3      4      4      6

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 68.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds around 7 mph shifting to the
                    northwest 6 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 10 to 13 mph shifting to the northwest 12
                    to 13 mph late in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....11 increasing to 33 late in the morning, then
                    decreasing to 13 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CST)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........77     60     56     39     59     68
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............54     56     64     68     67     63
RH..............100    93     67     57     47     48
20 FT wind......W 7    W 7    W 7    NW 7   NW 7   NW 6
20 FT wind gust.14     14     13     14     14     12
20 FT wind dir..250    270    290    300    320    330
Mix hgt (ft)....BLW100 600    1500   2600   2600   1800
Transport wind..W 12   W 13   W 12   W 13   NW 13  NW 13
Dispersion idx..10     11     13     37     37     28
LVORI...........8      8      3      1      1      2

$$
Forecaster...Owen
Requested by...James Wheeler
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2505157.0/BMX
.DELDT 03/07/25
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