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Spot Forecast for Scott Lake...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
314 PM CDT Wed May 8 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1500 CDT on May 08.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Isolated to scattered showers and storms are possible this
afternoon with greater rain chances overnight and Thursday.
Rainfall amounts will average 0.5-1.0 inch under heavier storms.
Afternoon minimum RH values will be above 45-50 percent this
afternoon and then higher on Thursday. 20-foot winds will be
8-12 mph this afternoon and Thursday. Wind gusts to around 25
to 30 mph are possible near convection. Most of the rain will end
by Friday afternoon, with a dry forecast through the weekend and
first of next week.

.REST OF TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........76     86
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE
CWR.............30     40
Temp............84     84
RH..............65     65
20 FT wind......S 7    S 9
20 FT wind gust.14     14
20 FT wind dir..200    200
Mix hgt (ft)....4000   4100
Transport wind..S 18   SW 17
Dispersion idx..69     48
LVORI...........3      1

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........86     67     39     39     63     82
Weather cov.....CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
CWR.............40     20     20     20     20     40
Temp............81     77     74     73     72     71
RH..............72     79     87     87     90     97
20 FT wind......S 8    S 9    S 10   S 12   S 12   SW 10
20 FT wind gust.12     12     12     14     14     17
20 FT wind dir..200    190    190    200    200    210
Mix hgt (ft)....3200   500    600    600    700    600
Transport wind..SW 16  S 13   SW 16  SW 16  SW 16  SW 15
Dispersion idx..54     0      3      14     14     13
LVORI...........1      4      5      5      5      5

.THURSDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........82     89     93     93     90     67
Weather cov.....CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE
CWR.............40     60     60     60     50     30
Temp............70     72     74     79     81     84
RH..............97     90     87     74     69     63
20 FT wind......SW 9   S 10   S 12   SW 10  W 12   W 10
20 FT wind gust.14     17     14     14     13     12
20 FT wind dir..220    200    200    230    250    250
Mix hgt (ft)....700    1400   1500   2500   3000   3100
Transport wind..SW 13  SW 16  S 16   SW 15  W 14   W 13
Dispersion idx..11     18     18     33     33     31
LVORI...........5      5      3      3      3      3

$$
Forecaster...Linhares
Requested by...Sean Snyder
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2413458.1/BMX
.DELDT 05/08/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0