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Spot Forecast for Rocky Branch WF...USFS
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
641 AM CDT Tue Oct 14 2025

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0700 CDT on October 14.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Clear skies and warm conditions are expected today and tomorrow at the
wildfire location in Cleburne County as high pressure remains in control
across the region. There will be north to northeasterly transport winds
at 10-12 mph with good dispersion expected this afternoon. Dry conditions
continue with afternoon min RH ranging from 35-40% today and tomorrow.
Transport winds may vary from the east-southeast tomorrow morning, then
back to the north by the afternoon at 5-8 mph.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 81.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming northeast 5 to 6 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 8 to 13 mph.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 40 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 54 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 46 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............3.

TIME (CDT)      7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........4   2   2   3   4   5   6   5   3   2   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............54  58  64  70  74  77  79  80  80  81  78
RH..............93  83  67  55  50  43  39  36  36  35  39
20 FT wind dir..NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind dir..040 040 040 050 040 030 020 010 010 010 010
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   5   5   5   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.2 1.9 3.0 3.6 4.1 4.3 4.2 4.0 2.9
Transp wind dir.N   NE  NE  NE  NE  N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.8   9   12  12  10  9   10  10  12  12  13
Dispersion idx..4   4   5   5   38  41  51  52  57  55  46
LVORI...........4   4   4   2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Clear (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 54.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........North winds around 5 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northeast 9 to 12 mph shifting to the east 8 to
                    9 mph overnight.
Dispersion index....6.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........3   4   5   7   7   6   5   5   5   6   6   5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............75  70  64  63  62  61  60  59  57  56  56  55
RH..............43  53  67  67  70  72  78  80  83  86  86  90
20 FT wind dir..N   N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE
20 FT wind dir..010 010 020 030 030 030 040 040 050 060 060 060
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.10  10  10  10  10  10  8   7   7   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  NE  E   E   E   E
Transp wind spd.9   9   12  12  10  12  9   9   9   8   8   8
Dispersion idx..7   5   7   7   7   7   4   4   4   4   4   4
LVORI...........1   3   3   3   3   3   3   5   5   5   6   6

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 84.
Min humidity........36 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......4700 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....East 6 to 8 mph shifting to the north in the
                    afternoon.
Dispersion index....4 increasing to 23 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 35 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 43 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 27.
LVORI...............4.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   5   1   1   2   2   3   4   3   2   1   2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............54  54  58  65  72  77  80  81  83  84  83  80
RH..............90  93  83  68  55  47  42  39  37  36  37  41
20 FT wind dir..NE  E   E   E   E   NE  N   N   N   N   N   N
20 FT wind dir..060 070 070 080 080 060 010 340 340 340 340 350
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   6   6   6   5   5   6   6   7   7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.9 2.8 3.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.5 3.2
Transp wind dir.E   E   E   E   SE  E   N   N   N   N   N   N
Transp wind spd.8   8   7   6   6   6   6   6   7   8   8   7
Dispersion idx..4   4   3   3   3   20  26  32  38  43  43  27
LVORI...........6   5   5   5   2   2   2   1   1   1   2   2

$$
Forecaster...Holmes
Requested by...McFarland
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2523545.0/BMX
.DELDT 10/14/25
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