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Spot Forecast for Rocky Branch WF...USDA Forest Service
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
541 AM CDT Fri Oct 17 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0730 CDT on October 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...
Clouds will begin to increase through the morning, remaining partly cloudy
through the afternoon. 20ft winds will remain out of the south and southeast
today, with speeds around 7-9 mph late morning and early afternoon. Moisture
will increase today and tomorrow with southerly winds, so RH values in the
lower 40s this afternoon will increase to the upper 40s by Saturday.


.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........44 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast around 5 mph in
                    the late morning and early afternoon, then
                    becoming light late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 5 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 37 late in the morning, then
                    decreasing to 31 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 24 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (CDT)      7 AM   9 AM   11 AM  1 PM   3 PM   5 PM
Sky (%).........8      12     49     65     50     35
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............51     61     73     79     81     80
RH..............100    84     57     47     44     47
20 FT wind......E 2    SE 3   SE 5   S 5    S 3    S 2
20 FT wind gust.7      10     10     8      7      7
20 FT wind dir..100    130    150    160    170    160
Mix hgt (ft)....400    1200   2900   4700   5300   3400
Transport wind..SE 8   S 12   S 10   S 7    S 5    S 6
Dispersion idx..4      5      37     38     28     24
LVORI...........6      6      2      1      1      2

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 60.
Max humidity........78 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....5.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      6 PM   8 PM   10 PM  MIDNGT 2 AM   4 AM
Sky (%).........35     33     18     10     10     29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............77     67     65     63     62     60
RH..............52     75     78     78     75     78
20 FT wind......SE 2   SE 2   SE 2   SE 2   S 2    S 3
20 FT wind gust.7      7      8      8      10     10
20 FT wind dir..150    130    130    150    160    170
Mix hgt (ft)....600    400    400    400    400    400
Transport wind..S 6    SE 8   S 9    S 9    S 10   S 10
Dispersion idx..4      5      5      4      5      5
LVORI...........2      3      4      4      4      4

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........46 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 7 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....4 increasing to 32 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 50 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 55 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 34.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      6 AM   8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
Sky (%).........37     28     28     31     30     24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE   NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0      0      0      0      0      0
Temp............60     63     73     79     82     82
RH..............78     78     64     54     49     47
20 FT wind......S 3    S 3    S 5    S 5    S 5    S 6
20 FT wind gust.8      10     10     10     11     12
20 FT wind dir..170    180    190    200    200    180
Mix hgt (ft)....400    500    1900   3700   4900   4800
Transport wind..S 9    S 7    SW 8   S 10   S 10   S 9
Dispersion idx..4      3      4      46     59     51
LVORI...........4      4      2      2      1      1

$$
Forecaster...JLaws
Requested by...Aidan Jenkins
Type of request...WILDFIRE
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.DELDT 10/17/25
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