Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
424 FNUS74 KBMX 271224 FWSBMX Spot Forecast for Shooting Range WF...USFS National Weather Service Birmingham AL 724 AM CDT Thu Jun 27 2024 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 CDT on June 27. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Scattered to numerous showers and storms can be expected today across much of Central Alabama, but widespread wetting rains are not expected. Min RH values this afternoon will be much higher than previous days, in the 55 to 65 percent range. Transport winds will remain light and variable at times through the afternoon today. Fortunately, we`re not expecting much in the way of gusty erratic winds with showers and storms today like what was observed on Wednesday. Scattered showers and storms will remain in the forecast for Friday, confined more to the southern half of Central Alabama. Transport winds are expected to increase out of the southwest between 10 and 15mph by Friday afternoon. .REST OF TODAY... Sky/weather.........Cloudy (85-95 percent). Chance of showers and slight chance of thunderstorms early in the morning, then showers and thunderstorms likely in the afternoon. CWR.................50 percent decreasing to 40 percent late in the morning, then increasing to 60 percent in the afternoon. LAL.................2 until 1300, then 4. Max temperature.....Around 87. Min humidity........61 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......3700 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 3 to 6 mph. Dispersion index....3 increasing to 18 late in the morning. LVORI...............5. TIME (CDT) 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........95 96 96 92 86 Weather cov.....CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........S CHC S CHC S CHC LIKELY LIKELY CWR.............50 40 40 60 60 LAL.............2 2 2 4 4 Temp............75 79 82 85 85 RH..............90 79 74 65 65 20 FT wind......S 2 SE 2 SE 2 SE 3 SE 3 20 FT wind gust. 4 6 6 6 20 FT wind dir..180 140 130 130 150 Mix hgt (ft)....900 1800 3100 3200 2000 Transport wind..SW 5 S 6 S 6 S 5 S 6 Dispersion idx..2 3 22 15 14 LVORI...........6 4 4 3 3 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers and thunderstorms likely early in the evening, then chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the evening. Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms late in the evening. CWR.................60 percent decreasing to 10 percent. LAL.................4 until 1900, then 3 until 2200, then 2 until 0100, then 1. Min temperature.....Around 70. Max humidity........100 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph early in the evening, then becoming light early in the evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in the evening. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southeast 5 to 8 mph. Dispersion index....10 decreasing to 3 early in the evening. LVORI...............6. TIME (CDT) 6 PM 8 PM 10 PM MIDNGT 2 AM 4 AM Sky (%).........86 72 67 67 69 79 Weather cov.....LIKELY CHANCE S CHC S CHC Weather type....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR NONE NONE Tstm cov........LIKELY CHANCE S CHC S CHC CWR.............60 30 20 20 10 10 LAL.............4 3 2 2 1 1 Temp............81 77 73 72 72 71 RH..............74 87 97 97 97 100 20 FT wind......SE 3 SE 3 SE 2 SE 2 SE 3 SE 2 20 FT wind gust.8 7 6 7 8 8 20 FT wind dir..140 140 130 130 130 130 Mix hgt (ft)....1800 600 500 500 500 500 Transport wind..S 5 SE 5 SE 5 SE 6 S 8 SE 7 Dispersion idx..11 1 3 3 5 3 LVORI...........3 5 8 8 7 9 .FRIDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of showers and thunderstorms early in the afternoon, then showers and thunderstorms likely late in the afternoon. CWR.................10 percent increasing to 60 percent. LAL.................1 until 0700, then 2 until 1300, then 3 until 1600, then 4. Max temperature.....Around 89. Min humidity........61 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms. Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL. Transport winds.....South 7 to 12 mph. Dispersion index....7 increasing to 37 late in the morning, then decreasing to 27 in the afternoon. LVORI...............6. TIME (CDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM Sky (%).........79 71 65 65 73 60 Weather cov..... S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE LIKELY Weather type....NONE RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR Tstm cov........ S CHC S CHC S CHC CHANCE LIKELY CWR.............10 20 20 20 40 60 LAL.............1 2 2 2 3 4 Temp............70 76 82 85 88 87 RH..............100 87 77 67 63 63 20 FT wind......SE 3 SE 3 SE 5 S 5 S 5 S 5 20 FT wind gust.6 7 10 10 10 10 20 FT wind dir..140 140 150 170 170 170 Mix hgt (ft)....500 1200 2300 3100 3100 3400 Transport wind..S 7 S 10 S 12 S 10 S 9 S 8 Dispersion idx..5 7 8 34 30 28 LVORI...........9 5 3 3 2 3 $$ Forecaster...Holmes Requested by...erik baker Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2416802.0/BMX .DELDT 06/27/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0