


Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
Issued by NWS Birmingham, AL
691 FNUS74 KBMX 081027 FWSBMX Spot Forecast for Odum Point...USFS National Weather Service Birmingham AL 527 AM CDT Wed Oct 8 2025 Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0600 CDT on October 08. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. .DISCUSSION... Conditions within the Cheaha Wilderness early this morning will consist of showers in the vicinity with broken to overcast conditions early this morning. Ceilings are forecast between 1000 and 1500 feet through 8am. Over the past couple of hours, showers have developed and have moved over or passed very close by the burn location. Although rainfall amounts have been light, any moisture at the surface is certainly helpful. Ceilings are expected to rise by the mid morning hours with 20ft northerly winds between 5 and 10mph, slightly increasing by this afternoon following the passage of a front. RH values will remain elevated in the 60s through this afternoon. Additional scattered showers are forecast in the vicinity of Cheaha this morning, but rain chances will come to an end by this afternoon. Drier air will move into the area during the day on Thursday, with 20ft winds becoming easterly and increasing above 10mph with gusts over 20mph likely. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of showers early in the morning. CWR.................30 percent decreasing to 10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 78. Min humidity........60 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......3300 ft AGL. Transport winds.....North 3 to 10 mph increasing to 12 to 14 mph late in the afternoon. Dispersion index....4 increasing to 22 late in the morning, then increasing to 31 early in the afternoon increasing to 53 late in the afternoon decreasing to 30. LVORI...............6. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........81 75 67 63 69 71 64 63 56 52 46 44 Weather cov.....CHC Weather type....RW Tstm cov........ CWR.............30 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............67 66 68 69 72 74 75 75 76 76 77 76 RH..............97 100 93 90 79 71 69 66 62 62 60 60 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N N N N N N N N 20 FT wind dir..350 000 010 020 020 020 020 010 020 020 020 020 20 FT wind spd..2 2 3 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.5 6 6 7 10 10 10 11 11 13 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 0.1 0.7 1.3 2.1 2.6 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.1 2.1 Transp wind dir.N N N N N N N N N N N N Transp wind spd.3 3 5 7 8 9 10 10 13 13 14 12 Dispersion idx..2 2 3 5 5 18 23 25 30 32 53 30 LVORI...........10 6 6 6 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming mostly cloudy (55-65 percent). CWR.................10 percent. Min temperature.....Around 59. Max humidity........90 percent. Wind (20 ft)........Northeast winds 7 to 9 mph. Mixing height.......0 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 13 mph shifting to the east 10 to 13 mph after 3 am. Dispersion index....5 increasing to 11 after 3 am. LVORI...............4. TIME (CDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........42 41 39 34 28 24 21 26 33 44 53 63 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Temp............75 72 67 66 65 64 63 62 61 61 61 60 RH..............64 71 90 90 90 87 87 87 87 87 84 87 20 FT wind dir..N N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE 20 FT wind dir..010 020 010 010 020 030 030 040 040 050 060 060 20 FT wind spd..7 7 7 8 8 9 9 8 9 8 8 9 20 FT wind gust.13 12 13 14 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Transp wind dir.N N N N NE N NE NE NE E E E Transp wind spd.10 9 10 12 13 13 12 12 12 10 12 13 Dispersion idx..8 1 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 9 10 11 LVORI...........1 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 .THURSDAY... Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (50-60 percent). CWR.................10 percent. Max temperature.....Around 71. Min humidity........55 percent. Wind (20 ft)........East winds 7 to 9 mph. Gusts up to 21 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......2900 ft AGL. Transport winds.....East 12 to 18 mph. Dispersion index....17 increasing to 41 late in the morning, then decreasing to 28 late in the afternoon. LVORI...............3. TIME (CDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........65 64 56 53 50 50 49 48 49 50 50 50 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10 10 Temp............61 61 63 65 67 69 70 70 70 69 68 67 RH..............81 81 75 68 61 57 57 55 55 55 57 59 20 FT wind dir..E E E E E E E E E E E E 20 FT wind dir..070 080 080 090 090 090 080 080 080 070 070 070 20 FT wind spd..9 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 20 FT wind gust.14 14 16 17 17 16 14 14 13 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...0.1 0.1 1.0 1.5 1.7 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.6 1.9 Transp wind dir.E E E E E E E E E E E E Transp wind spd.14 14 17 18 18 17 15 13 13 13 13 12 Dispersion idx..12 12 15 21 21 44 43 39 40 40 38 28 LVORI...........4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 $$ Forecaster...GGoggins Requested by...Troy McFarland Type of request...WILDFIRE .TAG 2523125.0/BMX .DELDT 10/08/25 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0