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Spot Forecast for Joseph Springs C...USFS Shoal Creek
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
541 AM CDT Wed Apr 17 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0800 CDT on April 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Conditions across western Cleburne County at the burn location
today will feature higher moisture values than the previous two
days with a chance of scattered showers and storms during the
afternoon. RH values will drop into the 40s during the afternoon
hours with light 20ft winds and southerly to southwesterly
transport winds. Similar conditions will continue during the day
on Thursday.

.TODAY...
TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........99     99     88     95     95     100
Weather cov.....                     S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                     S CHC  S CHC  CHANCE
CWR.............0      0      10     20     20     40
LAL.............1      1      1      2      2      3
Temp............62     69     75     78     81     77
RH..............75     61     46     43     41     50
20 FT wind......S 2    S 6    SW 8   SW 8   SW 8   SW 6
20 FT wind gust.6      13     16     14     13     12
20 FT wind dir..170    200    220    220    230    230
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1400   3200   4300   4600   3000
Transport wind..SW 8   SW 13  SW 18  SW 18  SW 17  SW 14
Dispersion idx..4      8      61     71     69     33
LVORI...........3      3      1      1      1      2

.TONIGHT...
TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........100    99     97     97     71     67
Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........CHANCE S CHC
CWR.............40     40     20     20     10     10
LAL.............3      2      1      1      1      1
Temp............75     69     66     64     63     62
RH..............54     70     84     90     93     93
20 FT wind......SW 5   S 2    E 2    E 2    E 2    SE 2
20 FT wind gust.11     8      4
20 FT wind dir..220    180    070    080    090    140
Mix hgt (ft)....1900   400    500    400    400    400
Transport wind..SW 10  SW 6   S 3    SW 5   S 5    S 3
Dispersion idx..19     3      2      2      2      2
LVORI...........2      3      6      6      7      10

.THURSDAY...
TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........67     65     48     48     38     48
Weather cov.....                            S CHC  S CHC
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   RNSHWR RNSHWR
Tstm cov........                                   S CHC
CWR.............10     0      0      0      20     20
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      2
Temp............60     66     74     81     84     84
RH..............100    87     74     54     46     46
20 FT wind......S 2    S 2    S 2    S 3    S 3    S 5
20 FT wind gust.                     5      6      8
20 FT wind dir..190    200    180    180    190    200
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1100   2400   4200   5100   5500
Transport wind..S 3    W 5    SW 3   S 5    SW 7   SW 10
Dispersion idx..2      2      2      24     44     70
LVORI...........10     6      2      2      1      1

$$
Forecaster...GGoggins
Requested by...Aaron Radford
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411133.1/BMX
.DELDT 04/17/24
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