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Spot Forecast for Chick 447, 448...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
604 AM CDT Thu Apr 18 2024

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

.DISCUSSION...Dry conditions are expected today and Friday.
Afternoon relative humidity values remain above critical levels
today and Friday. Transport winds will be mostly southerly to
southwesterly today and southwesterly to westerly on Friday.
Dispersion index values will be fair to generally good today and
Friday.

Fog potential and other remarks...Patchy fog development is
expected again tonight. Fog may briefly become dense around, or a
little before sunrise.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......3800 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...518-1158 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 10 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....24 increasing to 45.
LVORI...............3.
Stability class.....3.

TIME (CDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........81  81  81  82  79  77  76  65
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............75  78  80  83  83  84  84  84
RH..............79  69  62  57  57  55  53  53
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..6   7   8   9   9   9   9   9
20 FT wind gust.9   12  13  14  13  14  14  14
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 2.0 2.5 3.4 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.5
Mix hgt (km)....0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SSW S   S   S
Transp wind spd.12  13  13  10  12  13  12  14
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   SSW S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).5   6   6   4   5   6   5   6
Dispersion idx..24  34  38  41  45  46  43  43
LVORI...........4   3   3   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (55-65 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (60-70 percent). Patchy fog
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 65.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 9 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1067 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....43 decreasing to 7.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........57  62  36  41  48  38  46  45  48  65  71  57
Weather cov.....                            PTY PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....                            FOG FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............83  79  74  72  71  70  69  68  68  67  67  67
RH..............53  62  76  81  87  90  93  97  97  100 100 97
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..10  8   7   7   6   6   5   5   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.15  13  10  10  8   8   7   7   6   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....1.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SW  SW  WSW WSW SW
Transp wind spd.14  13  12  13  13  13  10  9   9   8   8   7
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SW  SW  WSW WSW SW
Trans spd (m/s).6   6   5   6   6   6   4   4   4   4   4   3
Dispersion idx..43  10  7   6   6   6   6   5   5   4   3   3
LVORI...........1   3   4   5   6   6   8   9   9   9   9   9

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (40-50 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southwest around 5 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1524 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 6 to 7 mph.
Transport winds m/s.Southwest around 3 meters/second.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 39.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........57  63  57  60  43  46  31  30  31  27  23  24
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............66  66  68  73  77  82  84  87  88  89  89  88
RH..............100 100 97  81  71  58  53  48  47  44  44  47
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  SW  WSW WSW WSW SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind spd..3   5   5   5   5   3   5   6   6   6   6   6
20 FT wind gust.5   7   8   7   7   6   7   8   9   9   8   9
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 1.8 2.2 3.0 3.7 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.0 5.0
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5
Transp wind dir.SW  WSW WSW W   WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.7   6   6   6   7   7   7   6   6   7   7   7
Trans wind dir..SW  WSW WSW W   WSW WSW WSW WSW WSW SW  SW  SW
Trans spd (m/s).3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
Dispersion idx..3   5   9   14  17  25  30  32  34  37  40  40
LVORI...........9   9   8   5   3   3   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...13
Requested by...Rodney J Landrum
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411245.0/MOB
.DELDT 04/18/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rodney.landrum@usda.gov