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Spot Forecast for Chick CPT 400...USFS
National Weather Service Mobile AL
843 PM CDT Sun May 17 2026

Forecast is based on ignition time of 2100 CDT on May 17.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...There is a 30% chance of rain Monday, and a 20%
chance of rain Monday night. For Monday, the minimum relative
humidity is near 55%, 20 ft wind gusts will be up to near 20 mph,
transport winds will be mostly south-southeasterly to southerly,
and dispersion values will be good. For Tuesday, the minimum
relative humidity is near 55%, 20 ft wind gusts will be up to
near 15 mph, transport winds will be mostly southerly to south-
southeasterly, and dispersion values will be generally good.

Fog potential and other remarks...Fog is possible Monday morning
and Tuesday morning.


.REST OF TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Patchy fog
                    overnight.
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 67.
Max humidity........97 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-152 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 5 meters/second.
Dispersion index....6.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....6.

TIME (CDT)      9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........51  45  48  46  54  53  60  58  61
Weather cov.....                    PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....                    FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............74  73  71  70  70  69  68  68  68
RH..............79  81  87  87  87  90  93  93  93
20 FT wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SE
20 FT wind spd..5   3   3   3   3   3   3   3   3
20 FT wind gust.14  14  14  13  12  12  12  12  12
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSE SSE
Transp wind spd.12  10  10  10  10  10  9   8   9
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   S   S   SSE SSE
Trans spd (m/s).5   4   4   4   4   4   4   4   4
Dispersion idx..7   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4
LVORI...........4   4   5   6   5   6   6   6   6

.MONDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning. Chance of showers early in the
                    afternoon. Slight chance of thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon. Slight chance of showers late in
                    the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......30 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in
                    the late morning and afternoon. Gusty and
                    erratic winds expected near thunderstorms in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4000 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...152-1219 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 8 to 15 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 4 to 7 meters/second.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 18 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 29 late in the morning increasing
                    to 43 late in the morning increasing to 61
                    decreasing to 55 late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........58  78  69  63  70  60  45  47  68  47  43  52
Weather cov.....PTY PTY                     CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....FOG FOG                     RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........                            SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).0   10  10  10  10  10  10  30  30  30  20  20
Temp............67  69  70  74  78  81  83  85  86  86  86  87
RH..............97  93  93  84  76  69  65  61  59  59  59  57
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SE  SSE SSE SSE SSE S   SSE
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   6   7   7   7   8   8   8   8   8
20 FT wind gust.12  13  14  15  16  17  17  17  17  17  17  18
Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 1.2 1.7 2.5 3.1 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.4 3.2 3.2
Mix hgt (km)....0.2 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0
Transp wind dir.SSE SSE SSE SSE SE  SSE S   S   SSE S   S   S
Transp wind spd.8   9   12  13  14  15  15  15  14  15  14  14
Trans wind dir..SSE SSE SSE SSE SE  SSE S   S   SSE S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).4   4   5   6   6   7   7   7   6   7   6   6
Dispersion idx..4   10  18  29  43  56  65  60  65  56  54  56
LVORI...........8   6   5   4   3   3   3   1   1   1   1   1

.MONDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Slight chance of
                    showers and thunderstorms early in the evening.
                    Patchy fog overnight.
Chance of pcpn......20 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........93 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........South winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light. Gusty and erratic winds
                    expected near thunderstorms early in the
                    evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-975 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 14 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 6 meters/second.
Dispersion index....52 decreasing to 6.
LVORI...............4.
Stability class.....4.

TIME (CDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........53  46  40  47  34  43  53  67  75  79  74  88
Weather cov.....SCH                             PTY PTY PTY PTY
Weather type....RW                              FOG FOG FOG FOG
Tstm cov........SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).20  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............86  83  80  76  75  74  73  73  72  72  72  71
RH..............59  65  72  82  84  87  90  90  93  90  90  93
20 FT wind dir..S   S   SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE
20 FT wind spd..7   6   5   5   3   3   3   3   3   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.18  18  16  15  15  14  13  12  10  9   9   9
Mix hgt (kft)...3.2 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Mix hgt (km)....1.0 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
Transp wind dir.S   S   S   S   SSE SSE SSE SSE S   S   SSE SE
Transp wind spd.14  12  12  12  12  12  12  10  8   8   8   6
Trans wind dir..S   S   S   S   SSE SSE SSE SSE S   S   SSE SE
Trans spd (m/s).6   5   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   4   3
Dispersion idx..52  8   6   7   5   5   5   5   4   4   4   3
LVORI...........1   3   3   4   5   5   6   6   6   6   6   6

.TUESDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Patchy fog early
                    in the morning.
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........57 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon, then becoming light
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5200 ft AGL.
Mixing height (m)...122-1585 meters AGL.
Transport winds.....South 6 to 12 mph.
Transport winds m/s.South 3 to 5 meters/second.
Dispersion index....7 increasing to 18 early in the morning, then
                    increasing to 31 late in the morning increasing
                    to 42 late in the morning increasing to 56
                    decreasing to 44 late in the afternoon
                    decreasing to 36.
LVORI...............4.
Stability class.....2.

TIME (CDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........86  80  79  71  63  61  59  57  57  57  57  63
Weather cov.....PTY PTY
Weather type....FOG FOG
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   10  10  10  10  10
Temp............71  72  72  76  80  83  85  87  88  88  88  88
RH..............93  90  93  82  74  67  63  59  57  57  57  57
20 FT wind dir..SE  SE  SE  SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE SSE S   S   S
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   6   5
20 FT wind gust.10  12  13  14  14  15  15  15  14  14  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.5 2.3 2.9 3.7 4.4 4.9 5.2 5.1 4.6 4.6
Mix hgt (km)....0.1 0.2 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.4
Transp wind dir.SE  SSE SE  SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S   S
Transp wind spd.6   9   9   10  12  12  12  12  12  10  10  9
Trans wind dir..SE  SSE SE  SSE SSE SSE S   S   S   S   S   S
Trans spd (m/s).3   4   4   4   5   5   5   5   5   4   4   4
Dispersion idx..3   10  18  31  42  52  60  46  47  43  40  36
LVORI...........6   6   5   4   3   1   1   1   1   1   1   1

$$
Forecaster...25
Requested by...Rodney Landrum
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2613899.0/MOB
.DELDT 05/17/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL rodney.landrum@usda.gov