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Spot Forecast for Slant Rock...NPS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1014 AM CDT Thu Apr 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 CDT on April 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Expect increasing high clouds today while low-level winds become
more southerly with time in the lower levels. High temperatures
will top out near 80 degrees by mid afternoon while RH values will
drop close to 20 percent by mid to late afternoon. Winds will be
from the south at 4-8 mph. Tonight, expect high clouds with lows
in the upper 40s with light southeast winds from 3-6 mph. Another
dry day is expected Friday with highs in the mid 80s with RH
minimums in the mid 20 percent range by mid to late afternoon
while winds will be from the south at 7-14 mph. Saturday min RH
values will be slightly higher at 30-40 percent.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 76.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 6 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southeast 8 to 9 mph shifting to the south 10
                    to 16 mph in the afternoon.

TIME (CDT)      9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........6      13     18     18     20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0
Temp............55     66     72     74     75
RH..............47     32     27     26     25
20 FT wind......E 2    SE 6   S 6    S 6    S 6
20 FT wind gust.6      12     13     13     13
20 FT wind dir..110    150    160    170    170
Mix hgt (ft)....900    3100   4300   4800   4900
Transport wind..E 8    SE 9   S 10   S 13   S 16

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........74 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds around 6 mph.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 13 mph.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........20     7      6      8      12     17
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............73     66     60     57     55     52
RH..............29     42     53     59     61     71
20 FT wind......S 6    S 6    S 6    S 6    S 6    S 6
20 FT wind gust.13     12     12     11     11     11
20 FT wind dir..170    160    170    160    160    170
Mix hgt (ft)....1100   200    200    200    200    100
Transport wind..S 13   S 10   S 12   S 10   S 10   S 8

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........25 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 24 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......3600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 16 mph increasing to 17 to 21 mph
                    late in the morning.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........20     25     32     31     28     23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............51     56     66     73     78     80
RH..............74     62     45     34     28     27
20 FT wind......SE 5   SE 6   S 7    S 9    S 9    S 9
20 FT wind gust.10     12     17     18     19     19
20 FT wind dir..150    150    170    180    180    190
Mix hgt (ft)....100    600    1700   2800   3400   3600
Transport wind..S 7    S 10   S 16   S 18   S 21   S 20

$$
Forecaster...Holmes
Requested by...Robert Vick
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2510880.0/BMX
.DELDT 04/17/25
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0