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Spot Forecast for Compartment 7 RX...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
436 AM CDT Mon Mar 18 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CDT on March 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

A cold front is moving across Central Alabama this morning. This
will provide much drier air as well as breezy & gusty winds this
afternoon. RH values will fall to around 30% near the burn site.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........53     11     3      6
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1
Temp............49     53     55     54
RH..............56     44     37     31
20 FT wind......N 7    NW 10  NW 13  NW 14
20 FT wind gust.11     16     18     21
20 FT wind dir..340    320    320    320
Mix hgt (ft)....2000   3900   5800   6300
Transport wind..N 13   NW 18  NW 24  NW 26
Dispersion idx..17     68     107    121
LVORI...........1      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........6      2      1      0      0      0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............50     44     40     38     36     33
RH..............33     39     48     50     56     61
20 FT wind......NW 12  NW 8   N 7    N 6    N 5    N 3
20 FT wind gust.18     16     13     10     10     8
20 FT wind dir..330    330    340    350    350    350
Mix hgt (ft)....2500   300    600    600    500    400
Transport wind..NW 22  N 16   N 14   N 13   N 10   N 8
Dispersion idx..63     6      11     6      5      4
LVORI...........1      2      2      2      3      3

.TUESDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........0      0      0      0      0      0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............31     33     43     52     56     59
RH..............66     61     41     31     27     26
20 FT wind......N 2    N 2    N 2    W 3    W 6    W 6
20 FT wind gust.5      4      6      6      7      8
20 FT wind dir..350    350    350    280    260    260
Mix hgt (ft)....200    900    2500   3500   4000   3800
Transport wind..N 6    N 6    N 7    NW 8   W 9    W 12
Dispersion idx..3      3      3      36     44     53
LVORI...........3      3      2      2      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Sizemore
Requested by...Trevor Callaghan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2407152.0/BMX
.DELDT 03/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0


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