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Spot Forecast for Rocky Branch WF...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
733 AM CDT Wed Oct 15 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on October 15.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Another mostly sunny and dry day is forecast for Central Alabama
with highs in the mid to upper 80s. Minimum RH values will bottom
out in the low 30 percent range in the mid to late afternoon time
frame. Persistent drought conditions are resulting in dry fuels
which is elevating the fire weather risk. 20 foot winds will be
light and variable with speeds less than 5 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 mph shifting to the southeast late
                    in the morning, then shifting to the northwest
                    2 to 6 mph early in the afternoon shifting to
                    the north 6 to 9 mph late in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 38.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........2      3      5      5      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0
Temp............58     72     80     82     82
RH..............83     57     42     40     38
20 FT wind......E 2    E 2    SE 2   NW 2   N 3
20 FT wind gust.6      6      4      6      7
20 FT wind dir..070    100    120    330    350
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1400   3900   4700   4400
Transport wind..E 8    SE 6   W 2    N 6    N 8
Dispersion idx..4      3      11     32     42
LVORI...........5      2      2      1      2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 10 mph shifting to the northeast 8
                    to 9 mph after 3 am.
Dispersion index....5.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........3      5      8      6      5      7
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............77     66     63     60     58     56
RH..............48     73     75     78     83     86
20 FT wind......N 2    NE 2   N 2    N 2    NE 2   NE 2
20 FT wind gust.6      6      7      6      6      6
20 FT wind dir..000    030    020    020    030    050
Mix hgt (ft)....500    400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..N 8    N 8    NE 9   NE 9   NE 9   NE 8
Dispersion idx..5      5      5      4      4      4
LVORI...........2      3      4      4      5      6

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 31 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 43 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 30 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........5      1      4      5      4      2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............55     59     70     78     82     82
RH..............86     78     57     42     37     37
20 FT wind......NE 2   NE 2   E 3    E 3    E 3    NE 2
20 FT wind gust.6      7      8      7      7      6
20 FT wind dir..050    060    080    080    080    060
Mix hgt (ft)....400    700    2200   3600   4700   4800
Transport wind..E 9    E 9    E 10   E 7    E 6    NE 8
Dispersion idx..4      4      5      30     32     45
LVORI...........6      4      2      2      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Holmes
Requested by...Aidan Jenkins
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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