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Spot Forecast for Desoto Block 6509 SW...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
611 AM CDT Mon Apr 22 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1100 CDT on April 22.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...No rain is expected early this week at the burn site.
Minimum relative humidity drops to 29-30 percent this afternoon near the
burn site and 39-41 percent on Tuesday afternoon. Transport winds remain
northerly to northeasterly today with a shift to southeasterly Tuesday
morning and southerly in the afternoon. Winds remain gusty this morning
with a maximum wind gust of 15-18 mph expected through early afternoon.

Fog potential and other remarks...Fog is not expected.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......4600 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...1128-1402 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....North 8 to 17 mph.
Transport winds m/s.North 4 to 8 meters/second.
Dispersion index....71 decreasing to 59 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............1.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............61  64  65  69  70  70  71
RH..............39  35  35  31  30  31  31
20 FT wind dir..NNE NNE NNE NNE NNE NNE NNE
20 FT wind spd..10  10  10  9   9   8   7
20 FT wind gust.18  18  18  17  15  14  12
Mix hgt (kft)...3.7 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.6
Mix hgt (km)....1.1 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4
Transp wind dir.NNE NNE N   N   N   NNE NNE
Transp wind spd.17  15  14  14  12  10  8
Trans spd (m/s).8   7   6   6   5   4   4
Dispersion idx..73  71  69  68  63  55  55
LVORI...........1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-5 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 45.
Max humidity........82 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1402 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 8 mph shifting to the east 5 to
                    6 mph late in the evening.
Transport winds m/s.North around 4 meters/second shifting to the
                    east 2 to 3 meters/second late in the evening.
Dispersion index....55 decreasing to 3.
LVORI...............3.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........0      0      0      0      0      0
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............69     59     54     50     48     46
RH..............36     53     61     71     74     79
20 FT wind dir..NNE    NNE    ENE    ENE    ENE    E
20 FT wind spd..6      3      1      1      2      2
20 FT wind gust.10     7      5      5      5      6
Mix hgt (ft)....4600   400    400    400    400    400
Mix hgt (m).....1400   120    120    120    120    120
Transp wind dir.NNE    NE     ENE    E      E      E
Transp wind spd.8      5      6      5      6      6
Trans spd (m/s).4      2      3      2      3      3
Dispersion idx..55     3      3      3      3      3
LVORI...........1      2      3      3      4      4

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 77.
Min humidity........41 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 8 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......5600 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1707 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 mph shifting to the south 9 to 13
                    mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 70.
LVORI...............3.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........0      0      0      3      4      5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............45     51     65     72     76     77
RH..............79     71     52     44     42     42
20 FT wind dir..E      E      SE     SSE    S      S
20 FT wind spd..2      3      5      7      8      9
20 FT wind gust.6      7      10     13     15     16
Mix hgt (ft)....400    700    3400   4600   5300   5600
Mix hgt (m).....120    210    1040   1400   1620   1710
Transp wind dir.E      ESE    SSE    S      S      S
Transp wind spd.6      7      9      10     13     13
Trans spd (m/s).3      3      4      4      6      6
Dispersion idx..3      7      40     57     70     73
LVORI...........4      3      1      1      1      1

$$
Forecaster...7
Requested by...Cliff Willis
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411167.5/MOB
.DELDT 04/22/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL clifton.willis@usda.gov


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