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Spot Forecast for SCK Nixon Branch AM Spot...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
716 AM CDT Fri Mar 29 2024

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1600 CDT on March 29.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Light winds and low humidity will be the rule for the next two
days. Minimum RHs around 17 this afternoon, with light 20-foot winds
of 5 mph from the southwest. Maximum RH values overnight will be
between 60 and 70 percent. Afternoon RH values on Saturday will
be 22 to 24 percent, with 20-foot winds between 5-8 mph from the
southwest.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........17 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......6700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South around 5 mph shifting to the west 3 to 8
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Dispersion index....2 increasing to 22 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 33 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 45 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 58 decreasing to 39 late in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (CDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........0      1      0      0      1
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1
Temp............44     59     65     69     71
RH..............65     36     23     19     17
20 FT wind......S 1    S 2    W 2    W 2    W 3
20 FT wind gust.2      5      5      6      8
20 FT wind dir..200    200    250    260    250
Mix hgt (ft)....1300   3800   5400   6400   6200
Transport wind..S 5    W 3    W 3    W 6    W 8
Dispersion idx..2      2      23     45     61
LVORI...........3      2      2      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 48.
Max humidity........65 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....17 decreasing to 5.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........12     15     26     56     65     75
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............67     59     54     52     51     49
RH..............22     34     48     50     52     58
20 FT wind......SW 2   SW 2   SW 3   S 3    S 3    SW 3
20 FT wind gust.7      5      6      6      7      8
20 FT wind dir..240    230    210    200    200    210
Mix hgt (ft)....2300   500    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..SW 6   SW 6   SW 8   S 8    SW 9   SW 10
Dispersion idx..17     3      4      5      6      7
LVORI...........1      2      2      2      2      3

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 75.
Min humidity........23 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph early
                    in the morning.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 9 to 18 mph.
Dispersion index....8 increasing to 85 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 98 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 105 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 92 decreasing to 60 late in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........57     7      2      2      2      2
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............49     51     62     69     73     75
RH..............63     61     43     32     26     23
20 FT wind......SW 3   SW 5   SW 7   SW 8   SW 8   SW 7
20 FT wind gust.8      8      12     14     14     13
20 FT wind dir..230    240    240    230    230    230
Mix hgt (ft)....200    1100   3000   4300   5100   5000
Transport wind..SW 9   W 12   SW 17  SW 17  SW 17  SW 16
Dispersion idx..6      5      12     87     102    92
LVORI...........3      3      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...Aaron
Requested by...Kraig Jackson
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2408803.1/BMX
.DELDT 03/29/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0


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