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Spot Forecast for Montgomery...Alabama Forestry Commission
National Weather Service Birmingham AL
1019 AM CST Mon Nov 17 2025

Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 CST on November 18.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Conditions at the prescribed burn location just north of the Hyundai
plant during the day on Tuesday will continue to feature dry conditions
in terms of MinRH and surface fuels. MinRH during the afternoon should
drop into the low to mid 30s with 20ft winds between 5 and 10mph from
the southwest. Transport winds will also be from the southwest increasing
to 15mph during the afternoon. Full RH recovery to 100% is expected Tuesday
night through Wednesday morning followed by MinRH values forecast in the
lower 50s Wednesday afternoon with westerly transport winds.

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (5-15 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 80.
Min humidity........35 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south 5 to 6 mph late in
                    the morning.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest 9 to
                    14 mph in the afternoon.
Dispersion index....4 increasing to 32 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 57 early in the afternoon
                    increasing to 73 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 19 decreasing to 8 late in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.

TIME (CST)      9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........3   3   5   8   8   13  12  13  16
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............63  69  73  77  78  79  80  78  74
RH..............43  39  35  36  35  36  39  40  50
20 FT wind dir..SE  S   S   S   S   S   SW  S   S
20 FT wind dir..150 160 180 200 200 200 210 200 190
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   5   5   6   5   5
20 FT wind gust.8   7   8   10  10  10  10  10  10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.1 1.8 2.8 3.9 4.4 4.7 4.8 1.4 0.7
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.8   9   9   12  12  13  14  10  9
Dispersion idx..4   4   32  54  59  69  76  19  8
LVORI...........2   2   2   1   1   1   1   1   1

.TUESDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (20-30 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 57.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 12 mph.
Dispersion index....6.
LVORI...............6.

TIME (CST)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........11  12  12  11  13  14  16  20  23  27  33  40
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............70  66  65  63  62  61  60  60  59  59  59  58
RH..............61  68  75  84  89  94  100 100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
20 FT wind dir..180 190 190 180 190 200 210 210 220 220 220 230
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.8   8   8   10  10  10  10  8   7   6   6   6
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5
Transp wind dir.S   S   SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.9   10  12  12  12  12  12  10  9   8   8   8
Dispersion idx..5   6   7   7   7   7   5   5   4   4   4   4
LVORI...........3   3   3   5   5   5   9   9   9   9   9   9

.WEDNESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 82.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming west around 5 mph late in
                    the morning, then becoming light late in the
                    afternoon.
Mixing height.......4200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 10 mph.
Dispersion index....5 increasing to 38 late in the morning, then
                    increasing to 45 early in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 29 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 13.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (CST)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........46  43  41  38  36  35  33  32  30  29  33  36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............58  61  64  67  71  75  79  80  81  82  79  76
RH..............100 98  92  87  76  66  58  55  52  49  55  61
20 FT wind dir..SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind dir..230 240 250 250 250 260 260 260 260 260 260 250
20 FT wind spd..2   2   2   2   3   5   5   5   5   3   2   2
20 FT wind gust.6   6   6   7   7   7   7   7   7   7   6   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.8 1.2 1.5 2.2 2.9 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.2 2.9 1.7
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  10  10  9   9   9   9   9   8   6
Dispersion idx..4   4   5   5   5   33  40  42  44  46  29  13
LVORI...........9   9   9   4   4   4   1   1   1   2   2   2

$$
Forecaster...GGoggins
Requested by...Richard Fields
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 11/17/25
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