Routine Fire Wx Fcst (With/Without 6-10 Day Outlook)
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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Alabama
National Weather Service Huntsville AL
430 AM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025

.DISCUSSION...

Although scattered showers will continue to impact portions of
northeast AL early this morning, conditions will not be as
favorable for widespread precipitation today (compared to
yesterday), with just a few thunderstorms possible this afternoon
and mainly focused across northwest AL. Although this activity
should dissipate shortly after sunset, redevelopment of showers
and thunderstorms may occur across much of the region early
Thursday morning as the low-level jet strengthens ahead of an
approaching cold front. The weaker/southwestern portion of the
cold front will drift slowly southeastward across the TN Valley on
Thursday, but should stall to our northwest. Nevertheless, a few
clusters of thunderstorms may spread off the front and into
northeast AL during the afternoon, and some of this activity could
be strong-severe in intensity. Smoke dispersion indices will be
in the fair-generally good range today, with transport winds of
5-10 MPH and mixing heights around 6 kft. Due to an increase in
transport winds, dispersion will improve to the good category on
Thursday. In the extended portion of the forecast, we still
anticipate a brief period of dry conditions on Thursday night and
Friday, before showers and thunderstorms return Friday
night/Saturday (ahead of a stronger cold front). The intrusion of
cooler/drier air early next week will be short-lived, as moisture
return will lead to additional chances for rain beginning Monday
night.

Fog potential over the next few days: Areas of fog (with patchy
dense fog) will continue across western and central portions of
the forecast area early this morning. Conditions will also be
favorable for fog development early Friday morning.

Potential for Red Flag Conditions: None at this time.

ALZ001>003-032115-
Lauderdale-Colbert-Franklin AL-
Including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Sheffield,
Tuscumbia, Russellville, and Red Bay
430 AM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025

                      Today        Tonight      Thu

Cloud Cover           PCldy        MClear       MClear
Max/Min Temp          86           63           87
Min/Max RH %          54           100          52
Wind 20ft am (mph)    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6
Wind 20ft pm (mph)    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6
Chance Precip (%)     20           0            20
Precip Type           Tstms        None         Tstms
Precip Duration       1                         1
Precip Amount         0.01         0.00         0.01
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl/msl)6200                      6600
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  6                     W 13
Stability Class       D            D            D
Max LVORI             8            9            7
Dispersion            41 Gen Good               87 Good

Remarks...None.

$$

ALZ004-014-032115-
Lawrence-Winston-
Including the cities of Moulton, Town Creek, and Haleyville
430 AM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025

                      Today        Tonight      Thu

Cloud Cover           PCldy        MClear       MClear
Max/Min Temp          85           63           87
Min/Max RH %          53           100          50
Wind 20ft am (mph)    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5
Wind 20ft pm (mph)    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  5
Chance Precip (%)     20           20           20
Precip Type           Tstms        Showers      Tstms
Precip Duration       1            0            1
Precip Amount         0.04         0.03         0.01
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl/msl)5800                      6000
Transport Wnd (mph)   SW  6                     W 13
Stability Class       D            D            D
Max LVORI             8            9            7
Dispersion            37 Fair                   83 Good

Remarks...None.

$$

ALZ005>007-016-032115-
Limestone-Madison-Morgan-Cullman-
Including the cities of Athens, Huntsville, Decatur, and Cullman
430 AM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025

                      Today        Tonight      Thu

Cloud Cover           PCldy        MClear       MClear
Max/Min Temp          85           62           87
Min/Max RH %          53           100          52
Wind 20ft am (mph)    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6
Wind 20ft pm (mph)    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6
Chance Precip (%)     20           20           20
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms
Precip Duration       1            0            1
Precip Amount         0.01         0.03         0.03
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl/msl)6000                      6100
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  6                      W 13
Stability Class       D            D            D
Max LVORI             7            9            7
Dispersion            38 Fair                   79 Good

Remarks...None.

$$

ALZ008>010-032115-
Marshall-Jackson-DeKalb-
Including the cities of Albertville, Boaz, Guntersville, Arab,
Scottsboro, Fort Payne, and Rainsville
430 AM CDT Wed Sep 3 2025

                      Today        Tonight      Thu

Cloud Cover           PCldy        MClear       MClear
Max/Min Temp          82           61           84
Min/Max RH %          56           100          58
Wind 20ft am (mph)    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6
Wind 20ft pm (mph)    Lgt/Var      Lgt/Var      SW  6
Chance Precip (%)     20           20           30
Precip Type           Tstms        Tstms        Tstms
Precip Duration       1            1            2
Precip Amount         0.02         0.03         0.04
Mixing Hgt(ft-agl/msl)6100                      6600
Transport Wnd (mph)   W  7                      W 14
Stability Class       D            D            D
Max LVORI             7            9            6
Dispersion            46 Gen Good               87 Good

Remarks...None.

$$

.FORECAST FOR DAYS 3 THROUGH 7...

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 60s. Light winds.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 90s. Minimum RH 45 percent.
South winds around 5 mph.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s. Light
winds.
.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s. Minimum RH
62 percent. North winds around 5 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. North
winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Minimum RH
44 percent. North winds around 5 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. North winds
around 5 mph.
.MONDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH
53 percent. Northeast winds around 5 mph.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s. Northeast
winds around 5 mph.
.TUESDAY...Partly sunny with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Minimum RH 61 percent.
East winds around 5 mph.

$$

70/DD