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FNUS74 KMOB 171003
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Spot Forecast for MIC09...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
503 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...Isolated showers and storms over a portion of the
area are expected today with dry conditions following for
Thursday. Afternoon relative humidity values remain above
critical levels today and Thursday. Transport winds will be
mostly southerly today and southerly to southwesterly on
Thursday. Dispersion index values will be fair to generally good
today and Thursday.

Fog potential and other remarks...Patchy fog development is possible
tonight.

REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent) then becoming
                    mostly sunny (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 12 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...213-1280 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 7 meters/second.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 51.
LVORI...............4.
Stability class.....3.

TIME (CDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........67  71  78  84  85  80  79  49  75  78
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............66  70  75  78  80  82  83  83  82  81
RH..............90  78  69  60  56  51  49  47  47  49
20 FT wind dir..SSE S   S   SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW SSW
20 FT wind spd..5   6   8   9   9   10  13  12  12  10
20 FT wind gust.7   9   13  14  15  15  18  17  17  16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 1.4 2.4 3.2 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.9
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW
Transp wind spd.6   9   12  14  15  15  15  15  15  15
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW SSW
Trans spd (m/s).3   4   5   6   7   7   7   7   7   7
Dispersion idx..7   17  34  48  52  53  54  53  53  53
LVORI...........6   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 66.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 6 to 8 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......500 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1189 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 2 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....53 decreasing to 6.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........82  74  61  61  68  75  80  83  85  85  86  87
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10  10  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  0
LAL.............1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1   1
Temp............79  76  73  72  70  69  68  67  67  67  66  66
RH..............54  62  71  76  84  87  90  93  93  93  97  97
20 FT wind dir..SSW SSW SSW S   S   S   S   S   S   SSE SE  SE
20 FT wind spd..9   7   5   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   1   1
20 FT wind gust.15  12  7   6   5   5   3   3   3       2   2
Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Mix hgt (km)....1.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Transp wind dir.SSW S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW S   SSW
Transp wind spd.14  12  10  9   8   9   8   8   7   6   6   5
Trans wind dir..SSW S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSW SSW S   SSW
Trans spd (m/s).6   5   4   4   4   4   4   4   3   3   3   2
Dispersion idx..53  10  7   6   4   4   3   3   3   2   2   2
LVORI...........1   3   4   4   5   6   7   8   8   8   9   9

.THURSDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 85.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 9 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1128 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 3 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 1 to 5 meters/second.
Dispersion index....6 increasing to 34.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........87  84  77  69  62  60  62  63  66  68  71  73
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
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  67  69  73  77  80  82  83  85  85  85  83
RH..............100 93  90  81  69  62  56  53  50  50  50  53
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE S   S   SSW SSW S   SSW SSW SSW SSW
20 FT wind spd..1   2   3   3   5   6   6   6   8   9   10  9
20 FT wind gust.2   3   5   6   7   8   9   9   12  14  15  14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.8 1.4 2.2 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.SSW S   SSE S   SSW SSW SSW SSW S   SSW SSW SSW
Transp wind spd.5   5   3   5   5   7   8   7   9   10  10  12
Trans wind dir..SSW S   SSE S   SSW SSW SSW SSW S   SSW SSW SSW
Trans spd (m/s).2   2   1   2   2   3   4   3   4   4   4   5
Dispersion idx..2   4   5   9   14  21  31  36  34  34  36  36
LVORI...........9   9   7   4   3   2   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...13
Requested by...Kevin Mock
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2411150.0/MOB
.DELDT 04/17/24
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL joseph.k.mock@usda.gov