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Spot Forecast for Compartment 8...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
528 AM CDT Thu Sep 19 2024

Forecast is based on ignition time of 0530 CDT on September 19.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Dry weather and light low level winds are expected across the burn site
through Friday.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent) then becoming sunny (0-5
                    percent) then becoming sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........48 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 6 mph shifting to the north 7 to
                    8 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Dispersion index....3 increasing to 29 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 43 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 54 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 33.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CDT)      5 AM   7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........7      12     8      1      9      14     8
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............66     66     75     83     87     88     86
RH..............97     97     76     59     50     48     52
20 FT wind......N 0    N 1    N 2    N 2    N 3    N 3    N 3
20 FT wind gust.5      5      5      6      7      7      6
20 FT wind dir..000    010    000    350    350    000    000
Mix hgt (ft)....300    300    1600   3200   5300   5400   3800
Transport wind..NE 3   NE 5   N 6    N 7    N 8    N 8    N 7
Dispersion idx..2      2      3      29     53     54     33
LVORI...........8      6      6      2      1      1      1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 5 to 7 mph.
Dispersion index....18 decreasing to 2.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........12     12     4      3      3      9
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............84     77     74     72     71     69
RH..............56     72     82     85     86     90
20 FT wind......N 2    N 2    NE 1   N 0    N 0    NE 1
20 FT wind gust.6      6      5      5      4      5
20 FT wind dir..010    020    030    000    000    040
Mix hgt (ft)....2000   300    300    300    300    300
Transport wind..N 7    N 6    N 6    NE 5   NE 5   NE 5
Dispersion idx..18     2      2      2      2      2
LVORI...........1      3      5      5      6      7

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................1.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........43 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 3 to 7 mph.
Dispersion index....2 increasing to 24 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 40 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 46 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 23.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........5      1      1      9      22     22
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE

Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
LAL.............1      1      1      1      1      1
Temp............67     72     82     87     91     90
RH..............97     83     63     51     43     44
20 FT wind......NE 1   N 1    NE 2   N 2    N 2    N 2
20 FT wind gust.5      5      5      6      6      6
20 FT wind dir..030    020    030    020    020    020
Mix hgt (ft)....300    800    2000   4600   5900   5900
Transport wind..NE 3   NE 3   NE 5   NE 7   NE 7   NE 6
Dispersion idx..2      2      2      40     50     41
LVORI...........7      5      2      2      1      2

$$
Forecaster...Westland
Requested by...Trevor Callaghan
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 09/19/24
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